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Plant Science and Agronomy
China
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
127
Citations
63139
World Ranking
48
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

Peter Christie mainly focuses on Agronomy, Soil water, Soil contamination, Fertilizer and Environmental chemistry. The concepts of his Agronomy study are interwoven with issues in Nutrient and Leaching. His studies deal with areas such as Contamination, Cadmium and Water content as well as Soil water.

Peter Christie interconnects Bioremediation, Chelation, Phytoremediation, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Rhizosphere in the investigation of issues within Soil contamination. His work deals with themes such as Intensive farming, Nitrogen, Crop rotation, Cropping system and Soil horizon, which intersect with Fertilizer. His research integrates issues of Environmental engineering, Phthalate, Pollutant, Botany and Phthalic acid in his study of Environmental chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands (1753 citations)
  • Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems (1458 citations)
  • Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China (1269 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Botany and Shoot. His Agronomy research includes elements of Phytoremediation, Nutrient and Nitrogen. His research in Soil water focuses on subjects like Cadmium, which are connected to Zinc.

In his work, Bioremediation is strongly intertwined with Soil contamination, which is a subfield of Environmental chemistry. The study incorporates disciplines such as Rhizosphere, Species richness and Mycorrhiza in addition to Botany. His Fertilizer study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Soil fertility, Crop yield, Straw and Manure.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (46.00%)
  • Soil water (29.43%)
  • Environmental chemistry (26.51%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Soil water (29.43%)
  • Environmental chemistry (26.51%)
  • Agronomy (46.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy, Phytoremediation and Cadmium. His Soil water study focuses on Soil pH in particular. His research in Environmental chemistry intersects with topics in Soil contamination, Bioremediation, Microbial population biology, Environmental remediation and Methylmercury.

His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Soil biology, Soil fertility, Soil health, Glomalin and Nutrient. His Nutrient research includes themes of Phosphorus and Fertilizer. Peter Christie has researched Cadmium in several fields, including Calcareous and Shoot.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Uptake, translocation, and transformation of metal-based nanoparticles in plants: recent advances and methodological challenges (97 citations)
  • Nontargeted metabolomic analysis to unravel the impact of di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate stress on root exudates of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). (27 citations)
  • In Situ Molecular Architecture of the Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System. (24 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

His primary scientific interests are in Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy, Hyperaccumulator and Cadmium. The concepts of his Soil water study are interwoven with issues in Lime and Phosphorus. His Environmental chemistry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Bioremediation and Manure.

His study in Agronomy focuses on Field experiment in particular. His research integrates issues of Rhizosphere and Bulk soil in his study of Hyperaccumulator. His studies in Cadmium integrate themes in fields like Hydroponics, Zinc, Sedum plumbizincicola, Toxicity and Shoot.

Best Publications

  • Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands

    J.H. Guo;X.J. Liu;Y. Zhang;J.L. Shen

  • Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems

    Xiao-Tang Ju;Guang-Xi Xing;Xin-Ping Chen;Shao-Lin Zhang

  • Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

    Xuejun Liu;Ying Zhang;Wenxuan Han;Aohan Tang

  • Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of abiotic stresses in higher plants: a review.

    Yongchao Liang;Wanchun Sun;Yong-Guan Zhu;Peter Christie

  • Nitrogen balance and groundwater nitrate contamination: Comparison among three intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain

    X.T. Ju;C.L. Kou;F.S. Zhang;Peter Christie

  • Uptake, translocation, and transformation of metal-based nanoparticles in plants: recent advances and methodological challenges

    Jitao Lv;Peter Christie;Shuzhen Zhang

  • Changes in the soil environment from excessive application of fertilizers and manures to two contrasting intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain.

    X.T. Ju;C.L. Kou;Peter Christie;Z.X. Dou

  • Occurrence and risk assessment of phthalate esters (PAEs) in vegetables and soils of suburban plastic film greenhouses

    Jun Wang;Gangcai Chen;Peter Christie;Manyun Zhang

  • Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

    Dong Zhu;Qing-Lin Chen;Xin-Li An;Xiao-Ru Yang

  • EDTA-enhanced phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil with Indian mustard and associated potential leaching risk

    L.H. Wu;Y.M. Luo;X.R. Xing;Peter Christie

  • Nitrogen dynamics and budgets in a winter wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain

    Xuejun Liu;Xiaotang Ju;Fusuo Zhang;Jiarong Pan

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-complex transport apparatus: a paradigm for a new family of multifunctional transporters in eubacteria.

    Peter J. Christie

  • Uptake of Zn by arbuscular mycorrhizal white clover from Zn-contaminated soil.

    YongGuan Zhu;Peter Christie;A Scott Laidlaw

  • Interspecific complementary and competitive interactions between intercropped maize and faba bean

    Long Li;Sicun Yang;Xiaolin Li;Fusuo Zhang

  • Soil Contamination and Plant Uptake of Heavy Metals at Polluted Sites in China

    Qing-Ren Wang;Yan-Shan Cui;Xiu-Mei Liu;Yi-Ting Dong

  • Effects of plastic film residues on occurrence of phthalates and microbial activity in soils

    Jun Wang;Shenghong Lv;Manyun Zhang;Gangcai Chen

  • Soil contamination by phthalate esters in Chinese intensive vegetable production systems with different modes of use of plastic film.

    Jun Wang;Yongming Luo;Ying Teng;Wenting Ma

  • Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus

    Bo-Kai Zhu;Yi-Meng Fang;Dong Zhu;Peter Christie

  • Genetic complementation analysis of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens virB operon: virB2 through virB11 are essential virulence genes.

    B. R. Berger;Peter J Christie

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza can depress translocation of zinc to shoots of host plants in soils moderately polluted with zinc

    Peter Christie;Xiaolin Li;Baodong Chen

  • Environmental implications of low nitrogen use efficiency in excessively fertilized hot pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) cropping systems

    J.H. Zhu;X.L. Li;Peter Christie;J.L. Li

  • Effects of EDTA and low molecular weight organic acids on soil solution properties of a heavy metal polluted soil.

    L.H. Wu;Y.M. Luo;Peter Christie;M.H. Wong

  • Interspecific facilitation of nutrient acquisition by intercropped maize and faba bean

    Long Li;Fusuo Zhang;Xiaolin Li;Peter Christie

  • Influence of iron plaque on uptake and accumulation of Cd by rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings grown in soil

    Houjun Liu;Junling Zhang;Peter Christie;Fusuo Zhang

  • Evaluation of current fertilizer practice and soil fertility in vegetable production in the Beijing region

    Qing Chen;Qing Chen;Xiaosheng Zhang;Hongyan Zhang;Peter Christie;Peter Christie

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongming Luo
Yongming Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Longhua Wu
Longhua Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ying Teng
Ying Teng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaolin Li
Xiaolin Li China Agricultural University
Fusuo Zhang
Fusuo Zhang China Agricultural University
Xuejun Liu
Xuejun Liu China Agricultural University
Shuzhen Zhang
Shuzhen Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaotang Ju
Xiaotang Ju China Agricultural University
Long Li
Long Li China Agricultural University

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