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Xiaotang Ju is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and specializes in agricultural and environmental sciences with a primary focus on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Their work spans multiple disciplines including agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and specific subfields such as soil science, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Xiaotang Ju has contributed extensively to a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Change Biology

The scientist has extensively collaborated with several coauthors, reflecting a broad research network. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Xiaotong Song
  • Di Wu
  • Chong Zhang
  • Robert M. Rees
  • Huanhuan Wei

Recent notable publications by Xiaotang Ju include:

  • "Dramatic loss of inorganic carbon by nitrogen-induced soil acidification in Chinese croplands", 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health", 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Global mapping of crop-specific emission factors highlights hotspots of nitrous oxide mitigation", 2021, Nature Food
  • "Quantifying nitrous oxide production rates from nitrification and denitrification under various moisture conditions in agricultural soils: Laboratory study and literature synthesis", 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Using nitrification inhibitors and deep placement to tackle the trade-offs between NH3 and N2O emissions in global croplands", 2022, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

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

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

  • Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

    ChaoQing Yu;Xiao Huang;Han Chen;H. Charles J. Godfray

  • 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

  • New technologies reduce greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogenous fertilizer in China

    Wei-feng Zhang;Zheng-xia Dou;Pan He;Xiao-Tang Ju

  • Integrated reactive nitrogen budgets and future trends in China

    Baojing Gu;Xiaotang Ju;Jie Chang;Ying Ge

  • 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

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

    Xuejun Liu;Xiaotang Ju;Fusuo Zhang;Jiarong Pan

  • Reducing China’s fertilizer use by increasing farm size

    Xiaotang Ju;Baojing Gu;Yiyun Wu;James N. Galloway

  • Integrated Nutrient Management for Food Security and Environmental Quality in China

    Fusuo Zhang;Zhenling Cui;Xinping Chen;Xiaotang Ju

  • Nitrogen fertilization, soil nitrate accumulation, and policy recommendations in several agricultural regions of China.

    Xiaotang Ju;Xuejun Liu;Fusuo Zhang;Marco Roelcke

  • Dramatic loss of inorganic carbon by nitrogen-induced soil acidification in Chinese croplands.

    Sajjad Raza;Na Miao;Peizhou Wang;Xiaotang Ju

  • Significant accumulation of nitrate in Chinese semi-humid croplands

    Junyu Zhou;Baojing Gu;William H. Schlesinger;Xiaotang Ju

  • Nitrogen cycling and environmental impacts in upland agricultural soils in North China: A review

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  • Environmental costs of China’s food security

    David Norse;Xiaotang Ju

  • Processes and factors controlling N2O production in an intensively managed low carbon calcareous soil under sub-humid monsoon conditions

    Xiaotang Ju;Xing Lu;Zhiling Gao;Xinping Chen

  • Ammonia Volatilization Loss from Surface-Broadcast Urea: Comparison of Vented- and Closed-Chamber Methods and Loss in Winter Wheat–Summer Maize Rotation in North China Plain

    Zhao-Hui Wang;Xue-Jun Liu;Xiao-Tang Ju;Fu-Suo Zhang

  • Nitrogen deposition in agroecosystems in the Beijing area

    Xuejun Liu;Xiaotang Ju;Ying Zhang;Chune He

  • Ammonia-oxidation as an engine to generate nitrous oxide in an intensively managed calcareous Fluvo-aquic soil

    Tao Huang;Bing Gao;Xiao-Kang Hu;Xing Lu

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from a wheat-maize double cropping system with different nitrogen fertilization regimes

    Xiao-Kang Hu;Fang Su;Xiao-Tang Ju;Xiao-Tang Ju;Bing Gao

  • Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from optimized and alternative cereal cropping systems on the North China Plain: A two-year field study

    Bing Gao;Xiaotang Ju;Fang Su;Qingfeng Meng

  • Nitrogen Surplus Benchmarks for Controlling N Pollution in the Main Cropping Systems of China

    Chong Zhang;Xiaotang Ju;David Powlson;Oene Oenema

  • Simulation of bromide and nitrate leaching under heavy rainfall and high-intensity irrigation rates in North China Plain

    Huanyuan Wang;Xiaotang Ju;Yongping Wei;Baoguo Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Fusuo Zhang
Fusuo Zhang China Agricultural University
Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baojing Gu
Baojing Gu Zhejiang University
Xuejun Liu
Xuejun Liu China Agricultural University
Oene Oenema
Oene Oenema Wageningen University & Research
Xinping Chen
Xinping Chen Southwest University
Thilo Streck
Thilo Streck University of Hohenheim
Robert M. Rees
Robert M. Rees Scotland's Rural College
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Joachim Ingwersen
Joachim Ingwersen University of Hohenheim

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