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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
51
Citations
9635
World Ranking
2018
National Ranking
179

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Soil water, Cadmium, Plant litter and Ecology. His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Soil fertility, Soil organic matter, Phytoremediation, Soil pH and Environmental remediation. Zhian Li has included themes like Environmental monitoring, Legume and Food contaminant in his Soil water study.

As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Plant litter, focusing on Acacia mangium and, on occasion, Nitrification, Forest floor and Acacia. His work deals with themes such as Pinus massoniana and Deposition, which intersect with Ecology. His Soil contamination research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Soil classification, Dry weight and Environmental chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Health risk from heavy metals via consumption of food crops in the vicinity of Dabaoshan mine, South China. (734 citations)
  • Heavy metal contamination in soils and food crops around Dabaoshan mine in Guangdong, China: implication for human health (197 citations)
  • Response of litter decomposition to simulated N deposition in disturbed, rehabilitated and mature forests in subtropical China (177 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Cadmium, Soil water, Environmental chemistry and Soil organic matter. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Ecology, Nutrient, Phytoremediation, Soil pH and Soil chemistry. His Soil water study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biosphere, Food contaminant, Toxicology, Water content and Nitrate.

Zhian Li combines subjects such as Microorganism and Environmental remediation with his study of Environmental chemistry. His Environmental remediation study combines topics in areas such as Soil contamination and Manure. His studies deal with areas such as Organic matter, Soil quality and Vegetation as well as Soil organic matter.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (47.66%)
  • Cadmium (29.91%)
  • Soil water (24.30%)

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

  • Environmental chemistry (14.95%)
  • Soil water (24.30%)
  • Agronomy (47.66%)

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

His primary areas of study are Environmental chemistry, Soil water, Agronomy, Phosphorus and Cadmium. The various areas that Zhian Li examines in his Environmental chemistry study include Microorganism, Soil carbon, Environmental remediation and Microbial population biology. The concepts of his Environmental remediation study are interwoven with issues in Soil pH, Soil contamination and Manure.

His Soil water study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Amaranthus hypochondriacus. As a part of the same scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Agronomy, focusing on Wet season and, on occasion, Water content. His research in Food science intersects with topics in Contamination and In vitro.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Foliar phosphorus fractions reveal how tropical plants maintain photosynthetic rates despite low soil phosphorus availability (24 citations)
  • Evaluation of phytoremediation potential of five Cd (hyper)accumulators in two Cd contaminated soils. (16 citations)
  • Heavy metal availability, bioaccessibility, and leachability in contaminated soil: effects of pig manure and earthworms. (15 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

Zhian Li mostly deals with Agronomy, Horticulture, Phytoremediation, Soil water and Amaranthus hypochondriacus. His Agronomy research includes themes of Litter, Tropics, Carbon cycle, Water content and Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. In his research, he undertakes multidisciplinary study on Horticulture and Cadmium.

Zhian Li has researched Phytoremediation in several fields, including Gibberellin, Shoot and Plant physiology. His studies examine the connections between Soil water and genetics, as well as such issues in Amino sugar, with regards to Soil carbon. His Amaranthus hypochondriacus research integrates issues from Bioconcentration, Hyperaccumulator, Celosia argentea and Alkali soil.

Best Publications

  • Health risk from heavy metals via consumption of food crops in the vicinity of Dabaoshan mine, South China.

    Ping Zhuang;Murray B. McBride;Hanping Xia;Ningyu Li

  • Heavy metal contamination in soils and food crops around Dabaoshan mine in Guangdong, China: implication for human health

    P. Zhuang;B. Zou;N. Y. Li;Z. A. Li

  • Global blue carbon accumulation in tidal wetlands increases with climate change.

    Faming Wang;Faming Wang;Christian J Sanders;Christian J Sanders;Isaac R Santos;Isaac R Santos;Jianwu Tang

  • Potential of four forage grasses in remediation of Cd and Zn contaminated soils

    Xingfeng Zhang;Hanping Xia;Zhian Li;Ping Zhuang

  • Response of litter decomposition to simulated N deposition in disturbed, rehabilitated and mature forests in subtropical China

    Jiangming Mo;Sandra Brown;Jinghua Xue;Yunting Fang

  • Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on soil microbial community in a secondary tropical forest of China

    Jian Li;Zhian Li;Faming Wang;Bi Zou

  • Sonneratia apetala Buch.Ham in the mangrove ecosystems of China: An invasive species or restoration species?

    Hai Ren;Hongfang Lu;Weijun Shen;Charlie Huang

  • Effects of nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing tree species on soil properties and nitrogen transformation during forest restoration in southern China

    Faming Wang;Zhian Li;Hanping Xia;Bi Zou

  • Impacts of litter and understory removal on soil properties in a subtropical Acacia mangium plantation in China

    Yanmei Xiong;Hanping Xia;Zhi’an Li;Xi’an Cai

  • Identification of a new potential Cd-hyperaccumulator Solanum photeinocarpum by soil seed bank-metal concentration gradient method.

    Xingfeng Zhang;Hanping Xia;Zhi’an Li;Ping Zhuang

  • Multiple exposure and effects assessment of heavy metals in the population near mining area in South China.

    Ping Zhuang;Huanping Lu;Zhian Li;Bi Zou

  • Combining phytoextraction and biochar addition improves soil biochemical properties in a soil contaminated with Cd

    Huanping Lu;Zhian Li;Shenglei Fu;Ana Méndez

  • Phosphorus addition decreases microbial residual contribution to soil organic carbon pool in a tropical coastal forest.

    Ye Yuan;Yue Li;Zhijian Mou;Luhui Kuang

  • CAN Canopy Addition of Nitrogen Better Illustrate the Effect of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Forest Ecosystem

    Wei Zhang;Weijun Shen;Shidan Zhu;Shiqiang Wan

  • Effects of experimental nitrogen and/or phosphorus additions on soil nematode communities in a secondary tropical forest

    Jie Zhao;Faming Wang;Jian Li;Bi Zou

  • Biomass accumulation and carbon storage of four different aged Sonneratia apetala plantations in Southern China

    Hai Ren;Hua Chen;Zhi’an Li;Weidong Han

  • Assessment of influences of cooking on cadmium and arsenic bioaccessibility in rice, using an in vitro physiologically-based extraction test

    Ping Zhuang;Ping Zhuang;Chaosheng Zhang;Yingwen Li;Bi Zou

  • Evaluation of phytoremediation potential of five Cd (hyper)accumulators in two Cd contaminated soils.

    Rong Huang;Meiliang Dong;Peng Mao;Ping Zhuang

  • Foliar phosphorus fractions reveal how tropical plants maintain photosynthetic rates despite low soil phosphorus availability

    Qifeng Mo;Qifeng Mo;Zhi'an Li;Emma Jane Sayer;Emma Jane Sayer;Hans Lambers

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus addition impact soil N2O emission in a secondary tropical forest of South China

    Faming Wang;Jian Li;Xiaoli Wang;Wei Zhang

  • Cumulative effects of nitrogen additions on litter decomposition in three tropical forests in southern China

    Hua Fang;Jiangming Mo;Shaolin Peng;Shaolin Peng;Zhian Li

  • Health risk assessment for consumption of fish originating from ponds near Dabaoshan mine, South China

    Ping Zhuang;Zhi-an Li;Murray B. McBride;Bi Zou

  • Litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization of soils in subtropical plantation forests of southern China, with special attention to comparisons between legumes and non-legumes

    Zhi-an Li;Shao-lin Peng;Debbie J. Rae;Guo-yi Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Shenglei Fu
Shenglei Fu Henan University
Murray B. McBride
Murray B. McBride Cornell University
Emma J. Sayer
Emma J. Sayer Lancaster University
Hai Ren
Hai Ren Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Feng Li
Feng Li City, University of London
Deborah A. Neher
Deborah A. Neher University of Vermont
Jianwu Tang
Jianwu Tang East China Normal University
Jorge Paz-Ferreiro
Jorge Paz-Ferreiro RMIT University
Longlong Xia
Longlong Xia Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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