Dr. Zhikuan Jia, male, born in January 1962, a native of Shuozhou city, Shanxi province, Ph.D, Professor of Crop Production and Farming System, Supervisor of Ph.D students; Sept. 1978- July 1982: Degree of Bachelor in Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University. Sept. 1987- July 1990: Degree of Doctor in Crop production and Farming System, Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture. Director of the Key Lab of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Chief Editor of the journal: Agricultural research in the Arid Areas .

　　Research areas

　　Mainly engaged in research on efficient farming system and crop cultivation techniques, crop efficient water use theory and technology in arid areas.

　　Teaching courses

　　To teach the subject of crop cultivation and tillage for graduate students.     

　　Research projects and academic achievements

　　Presided over more than 30 national and provincial research projects, achieved 1 national award of sci-technological progress, and 6 provincial awards of sci-technological progress. Published  17 monographs and teaching materials (chief editor), 4 patents were granted.

　　Publications

　　More than 260 scientific research papers have been published, and the representative academic papers published in the past 3 years are as follows:

　　[1] Juan Han，Zhikuan Jia∗， Modeling impacts of film mulching on rainfed crop yield  in Northern China with  DNDC， Field  Crops  Research，2014,155（1）:202-212

　　[2] Peng Zhang, Zhikuan Jia*， 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) e92839,1—11

　　[3] Yang Wu,  Zhikuan Jia∗，Effects  of ridge and furrow rainwater harvesting system combined with irrigation on improving  water  use  efficiency  of  maize (Zea mays L.) in semi-humid area of China， Agricultural Water Management，2015, 158 (2015) 1–9

　　[4] Peng  Zhang, Zhikuan  Jia*，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, 153  (2015)  28–35

　　[5] Xiaojuan Wang, Zhikuan Jia*,Impacts of manure application on soil environment, rainfall use efficiency and crop biomass under dryland farming，Scientific Reports | 6:20994 | DOI: 10.1038/srep20994

　　

　　Address: Agronomy college, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

　　Zip code: 712100   Tel: 029-87080168   e-mail: jiazhk@126.com