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Plant Science and Agronomy
China
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
147
Citations
68037
World Ranking
16
National Ranking
5

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

Qirong Shen is affiliated with Nanjing Agricultural University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these main fields, Shen's work focuses on subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, and Pollution.

Shen's research topics cover a range of subjects related to plant and environmental microbiology and soil science. Key areas of focus include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Nematode Management and Characterization Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Frequent collaborators in Shen's publications include Ning Ling, Xuhui Deng, Zongzhuan Shen, Shiwei Guo, and Ruifu Zhang. These coauthors have contributed to multiple works alongside Shen.

Shen's research has appeared regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Journal of Environmental Management

The scientist's recent papers reflect an emphasis on microbial ecology and environmental impacts in agricultural settings. Selected publications include:

  • "Seed-borne, endospheric and rhizospheric core microbiota as predictors of plant functional traits across rice cultivars are dominated by deterministic processes," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Dynamics of the antibiotic resistome in agricultural soils amended with different sources of animal manures over three consecutive years," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Plant Grafting Shapes Complexity and Co-occurrence of Rhizobacterial Assemblages," 2020, Microbial Ecology
  • "Long-Term Organic-Inorganic Fertilization Regimes Alter Bacterial and Fungal Communities and Rice Yields in Paddy Soil," 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The distinct plastisphere microbiome in the terrestrial-marine ecotone is a reservoir for putative degraders of petroleum-based polymers," 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • The critical role of potassium in plant stress response.

    Min Wang;Qingsong Zheng;Qirong Shen;Shiwei Guo

  • Rhizosphere interactions: root exudates, microbes, and microbial communities1

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  • Application of natural blends of phytochemicals derived from the root exudates of Arabidopsis to the soil reveal that phenolic-related compounds predominantly modulate the soil microbiome.

    Dayakar V. Badri;Jacqueline M. Chaparro;Ruifu Zhang;Qirong Shen

  • Specialized metabolic functions of keystone taxa sustain soil microbiome stability.

    Weibing Xun;Yunpeng Liu;Wei Li;Yi Ren

  • Root exudates drive the soil-borne legacy of aboveground pathogen infection

    Jun Yuan;Jun Zhao;Tao Wen;Mengli Zhao

  • Two rice phosphate transporters, OsPht1;2 and OsPht1;6, have different functions and kinetic properties in uptake and translocation.

    Penghui Ai;Shubin Sun;Jianning Zhao;Xiaorong Fan

  • Net annual global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity in Chinese double rice-cropping systems: a 3-year field measurement in long-term fertilizer experiments

    Qingyin Shang;Xiuxia Yang;Cuimin Gao;Pingping Wu

  • Trophic network architecture of root-associated bacterial communities determines pathogen invasion and plant health

    Zhong Wei;Tianjie Yang;Ville-Petri Friman;Yangchun Xu

  • Initial soil microbiome composition and functioning predetermine future plant health

    Zhong Wei;Yian Gu;Ville-Petri Friman;Ville-Petri Friman;George A. Kowalchuk;George A. Kowalchuk

  • Competition for iron drives phytopathogen control by natural rhizosphere microbiomes.

    Shaohua Gu;Zhong Wei;Zhengying Shao;Ville-Petri Friman;Ville-Petri Friman

  • Antifungal Activity of Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens NJN-6 Volatile Compounds Against Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Cubense

    Jun Yuan;Waseem Raza;Qirong Shen;Qiwei Huang

  • Organic amendments increase crop yields by improving microbe-mediated soil functioning of agroecosystems: A meta-analysis

    Gongwen Luo;Ling Li;Ville-Petri Friman;Junjie Guo

  • Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance from animal manures to soil: a review

    W.-Y. Xie;Q. Shen;F. J. Zhao

  • Effects of organic–inorganic compound fertilizer with reduced chemical fertilizer application on crop yields, soil biological activity and bacterial community structure in a rice–wheat cropping system

    Jun Zhao;Tian Ni;Jing Li;Qiang Lu

  • Bacillus subtilis SQR 9 can control Fusarium wilt in cucumber by colonizing plant roots

    Yun Cao;Zhenhua Zhang;Ning Ling;Yujuan Yuan

  • Effects of different plant root exudates and their organic acid components on chemotaxis, biofilm formation and colonization by beneficial rhizosphere-associated bacterial strains

    Nan Zhang;Dandan Wang;Yunpeng Liu;Shuqing Li

  • Role of silicon on plant-pathogen interactions.

    Min Wang;Limin Gao;Suyue Dong;Yuming Sun

  • Overexpression of a pH-sensitive nitrate transporter in rice increases crop yields

    Xiaorong Fan;Zhong Tang;Yawen Tan;Yong Zhang

  • Bio-organic fertilizers stimulate indigenous soil Pseudomonas populations to enhance plant disease suppression

    Chengyuan Tao;Rong Li;Wu Xiong;Zongzhuan Shen

  • Root exudates drive soil-microbe-nutrient feedbacks in response to plant growth.

    Mengli Zhao;Jun Zhao;Jun Yuan;Lauren Hale;Lauren Hale

  • Application of bio-organic fertilizer can control Fusarium wilt of cucumber plants by regulating microbial community of rhizosphere soil

    Meihua Qiu;Ruifu Zhang;Chao Xue;Shusheng Zhang

  • The unseen rhizosphere root-soil-microbe interactions for crop production.

    Ruifu Zhang;Jorge M Vivanco;Qirong Shen

  • Distinct roles for soil fungal and bacterial communities associated with the suppression of vanilla Fusarium wilt disease

    Wu Xiong;Wu Xiong;Rong Li;Yi Ren;Chen Liu

  • Diversity-triggered deterministic bacterial assembly constrains community functions.

    Weibing Xun;Wei Li;Wu Xiong;Yi Ren

  • Effects of silicon on salinity tolerance of two barley cultivars

    Yongchao Liang;Qirong Shen;Zhenguo Shen;Tongsheng Ma

  • Inducing the rhizosphere microbiome by biofertilizer application to suppress banana Fusarium wilt disease

    Lin Fu;C. Ryan Penton;Yunze Ruan;Zongzhuan Shen

  • Effect of ammonium and nitrate nutrition on some physiological processes in higher plants - growth, photosynthesis, photorespiration, and water relations.

    S. Guo;S. Guo;Y. Zhou;Q. Shen;F. Zhang

  • Impacts of inorganic and organic fertilization treatments on bacterial and fungal communities in a paddy soil

    Jichen Wang;Yang Song;Tengfei Ma;Waseem Raza

  • Different Continuous Cropping Spans Significantly Affect Microbial Community Membership and Structure in a Vanilla-Grown Soil as Revealed by Deep Pyrosequencing

    Wu Xiong;Wu Xiong;Qingyun Zhao;Jun Zhao;Weibing Xun

  • Induced maize salt tolerance by rhizosphere inoculation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9

    Lin Chen;Yunpeng Liu;Gengwei Wu;Kimani Veronican Njeri

  • Microbial communities of an arable soil treated for 8 years with organic and inorganic fertilizers

    Chen Chen;Jianan Zhang;Min Lu;Chun Qin

  • Contribution of bacillomycin D in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9 to antifungal activity and biofilm formation.

    Zhihui Xu;Jiahui Shao;Bing Li;Xin Yan

  • Fungal networks in yield-invigorating and -debilitating soils induced by prolonged potato monoculture.

    Lihua Lu;Shixue Yin;Xing Liu;Wenming Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Ran
Wei Ran Nanjing Agricultural University
Ruifu Zhang
Ruifu Zhang Nanjing Agricultural University
Ning Ling
Ning Ling Nanjing Agricultural University
Shiwei Guo
Shiwei Guo Nanjing Agricultural University
Qiwei Huang
Qiwei Huang Nanjing Agricultural University
Yangchun Xu
Yangchun Xu Nanjing Agricultural University
Rong Li
Rong Li Nanjing Agricultural University
Guanghui Yu
Guanghui Yu Tianjin University
Min Wang
Min Wang Qingdao University
Zongzhuan Shen
Zongzhuan Shen Imperial College London

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