Zhang Peng, Ph.D.
Personal Information:
Dr. Zhang Peng, Male, 1987.10, Yulin of Shaanxi.
Education:
2012.09-2016.06: Studying for Ph.D. in Department of Ecology, Northwest A&F University
2009.09-2012.06: Studying as a master degree student in Department of Ecology, Northwest A&F University
2005.09-2009.06: Undergraduate in Department of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University
Position:
2016.06-2018.12: Lecturer (College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University)
2019.01-now: Associate professor (College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University)
Research Interests:
1. Dryland farming cultivation and crop physiology ecology
2. SOC sequestration with straw incorporation on farmland
3. Plant-Soil-Microbe Interactions under straw incorporation on farmland
Research Grants:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31801314)
The Project Supported by Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (No. 2018JQ3024)
Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China (20180203)
Shaanxi Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2017BSHEDZZ140)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2019T120951)
Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Northwest A&F University (Z109021641)
Publications in recent years:
[1]Peng Zhang, Ting Wei, Zhikuan Jia, Xiaolong Ren. Stratification of soil organic C, N and the C:N ratio as affected by different plastic film mulching modes in a semiarid region of China. Soil Research, 2019, 57: 408-417.
[2]Peng Zhang, Ting Wei, Yuling Li, Yan Zhang, Tie Cai, Xiaolong Ren, Qingfang Han, Zhikuan Jia. Effects of deficit irrigation combined with rainwater harvesting planting system on the water use efficiency and maize (Zea mays L.) yield in a semiarid area. Irrigation Science, 2019, 5: 611-625.
[3]Zhang Peng, Wei Ting, Cai Tie, Ali Shahzad, Han Qingfang, Ren Xiaolong*, Jia Zhikuan*. Plastic-film mulching for enhanced water-use efficiency and economic returns from maize fields in semiarid China, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017. 8, 512.
[4]Peng Zhang, Xiaoli Chen, Ting Wei, Zhen Yang, Zhikuan Jia*, Baoping Yang, Qingfang Han, Xiaolong Ren. Effects of straw incorporation on the soil nutrient contents, enzyme activities, and crop yield in a semiarid region of China. Soil & Tillage Research, 2016, 160:65-72.
[5]Peng Zhang, Ting Wei, Yuling Li, Ke Wang, Zhikuan Jia*, Qingfang Han, Xiaolong Ren. Effects of straw incorporation on the stratification of the soil organic C, total N and C:N ratio in a semiarid region of China. Soil & Tillage Research, 2015: 153:28-35.
[6]Zhang Peng, Wei Ting, Wang Haixia, Wang Min, Meng Xiangping, Mou Siwei, Zhang Rui, Jia Zhikuan, Han Qingfang*. Effects of straw mulch on soil water and winter wheat production in dryland farming, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 10725.
[7]Peng Zhang, Ting Wei, Zhikuan Jia*, Qingfang Han, Xiaolong Ren. Soil aggregate and crop yield changes with different rates of straw incorporation in semiarid areas of northwest China. Geoderma, 2014, 230: 41-49.
[8]Zhang Peng, Wei Ting, Jia Zhikuan*, Han Qingfang, Ren Xiaolong, Li Yongping, Effects of Straw Incorporation on soil organic matter and soil water-stable aggregates content in semiarid regions of northwest China. PLos One, 2014, 9(3): e92839.
[9]Xudong Zhang, Muhammad Kamran, Xuanke Xue, Ji Zhao, Tie Cai, Zhikuan Jia, Peng Zhang*, Qingfang Han*. Ridge-furrow mulching system drives the efficient utilization of key production resources and the improvement of maize productivity in the Loess Plateau of China. Soil & Tillage Research, 2019, 190: 10-21.
[10]Zhang Xudong, Yang Linchuan, Xue Xuanke, Kamran Muhammad, Ahmad Irshad, Dong Zhaoyun, Liu Tiening, Zhikuan Jia, Zhang Peng*, Han Qingfang*. Plastic film mulching stimulates soil wet-dry alternation and stomatal behavior to improve maize yield and resource use efficiency in a semi-arid region. Field Crops Research, 2019, 233, 101-113.
[11]Huang Fangyuan, Liu Zihan, Mou Hongyan, Zhang Peng*, Zhikuan Jia*. Effects of different long-term farmland mulching practices on the loessial soil fungal community in a semiarid region of China. Applied Soil Ecology, 2019, 137: 111-119.
[12]Fangyuan Huang, Zihan Liu, Hongyan Mou, Jinglai Li, Peng Zhang*,Zhikuan Jia*. Impact of farmland mulching practices on the soil bacterial communitystructure in the semiarid area of the loess plateau in China. European Journal of Soil Biology, 2019, 92:8-15.
[13]Ting Wei, Zhaoyun Dong, Chun Zhang, Shahzad Ali, Xiaoli Chen, Qingfang Han, Fucang Zhang, Zhikuan Jia, Peng Zhang*, Xiaolong Ren*. Effects of rainwater harvesting planting combined with deficiency irrigation on soil water use efficiency and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield in a semiarid area. Field Crops Research, 2018, 218, 231-242.
[14]Yan Zhang, Qian Ma, Donghua Liu, Lefeng Sun, Xiaolong Ren, Ali Shahzad, Peng Zhang*, Zhikuan Jia*. Effects of different fertilizer strategies on soil water utilization and maize yield in the ridge and furrow rainfall harvesting system in semiarid regions of China. Agricultural Water Management. 2018, 208, 414-421.
[15]Qianmin Jia, Yueyue Xu, Shahzad Ali, Lefeng Sun, Ruixia Ding, Xiaolong Ren, Peng Zhang*, Zhikuan Jia*. Strategies of supplemental irrigation and modified planting densities to improve the root growth and lodging resistance of maize (Zea mays L.) under the ridge-furrow rainfall harvesting system. Field Crops Research, 2018, 224, 48-59.
[16]Xiaolong Ren#, Peng Zhang#, Xiaoli Liu, Xiaoli Liu, Shahzad Ali, Xiaoli Chen*, Zhikuan Jia*. Impacts of different mulching patterns in rainfall-harvesting planting on soil water and spring corn growth development in semihumid regions of China. Soil research. 2017, 55, 285-295.
[17]Ren Xiaolong, Chen Xiaoli, Cai Tie, Wei Ting, Wu Yang, Ali Shahzad, Zhang Peng*, Jia Zhikuan*. Effects of ridge-furrow system combined with different degradable mulching materials on soil water conservation and crop production in semi-humid areas of China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2017, 8:1877.
[18]Jia Qianmin, Sun Lefeng, Ali Shahzad, Liu Donghua, Zhang Yan, Ren Xiaolong, Zhang Peng*, Jia Zhikuan*. Deficit irrigation and planting patterns strategies to improve maize yield and water productivity at different plant densities in semi-arid regions. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1):13881.
[19]Xiaolong Ren#, Peng Zhang#, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaoli Chen, Jingjing Guo, Zhikuan Jia*. Effect of Different Mulches under Rainfall Concentration System on Corn Production in the Semi-arid Areas of the Loess Plateau. Scientific Reports, 2016, 1, 19019.
[20]Xiaolong Ren#, Peng Zhang#, Xiaoli Chen, Zhikuan Jia*. Impacts of ridge-furrow rainfall concentration systems and mulches on corn growth and yield in the semiarid region of China. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2016, 96: 3882-3889.
Contact:
Address: College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi province (China).
Tel: (86) 029-87080168
E-mail: pengzhang121@nwafu.edu.cn
Topic for student
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the core material of soil nutrient cycling and fertility. Its content, stability and the relationship with soil microbial were crucial for revealing the SOC sequestration mechanism after exogenous carbon into soil. To clear the microorganism diversity and selectivity of carbon usage under straw carbon input; explore the response to microbial communities and carbon components to reveal the biological response mechanism of straw carbon inputs on the changes of SOC components.
Professor Gary Bending
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/people/gbending
