1. Research Concerns
The team explores the development strategy and pathway for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in agriculture, clarifies the synergistic mechanism of food security and carbon mitigation and sink in a changing climate, develops technologies for monitoring agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and technologies for reducing emissions and increasing sinks, measures the emission intensity of agricultural products, proposes a technology system for certifying agricultural emission reductions and sink additions, integrates and demonstrates climate-smart agriculture models featuring steady yield, lower emissions and added sinks, and gets involved in the preparation of China's proposals for international climate change negotiations, which provides technical support for China's Dual Carbon Goals and international climate governance.
2. Chief Scientist
Prof. Gao Qingzhu
Email: gaoqingzhu@caas.cn
3. Representative Publications
(1) Xiaobo Qin*, Yanhong Lu, Yunfan Wan, Bin Wang, Jun Nie, Yu’e Li*, Yulin Liao*. Rice straw application improves yield marginally and increases carbon footprint of double cropping paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.). Field Crops Research. 2023. 291, 108796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108796.
(2) Xuan Chen, Xiaobo Qin*, Yong Li, Yunfan Wan, Yulin Liao, Yanhong Lu, Bin Wang, Hongru Chen, Kaiyue Wang. 2022. Residential and agricultural soils dominate soil organic matter loss in a typical agricultural watershed of subtropical China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment . 338, 108100.
(3) Bin Wang, Andong Cai, Yu’e Li, Xiaobo Qin et al. 2022. Four pathways towards carbon neutrality by controlling net greenhouse gas emissions in Chinese cropland. Resources, Conservation and Recycling . 2022, 186, 106576.
(4) Cai, A., Han, T., Ren, T., Sanderman, J., Rui, Y., Wang, B., Smith, P., Xu, M., Li, Y.e., 2022. Declines in soil carbon storage under no tillage can be alleviated in the long run. Geoderma 425, 116028. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116028
(5) Cai, A., Tang, S., Waqas, M.A., Wang, B., Tian, D., Zhang, Y., Li, Y.e., Ashraf, M.N., Ren, T., 2022b. Magnitude, direction, and drivers of rhizosphere effect on soil nitrogen and phosphorus in global agroecosystem. Int Soil Water Conse . doi: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2022.07.004
(6) Ganjurjav, H., Hu, G., Zhang, Y., et al. 2022. Warming tends to decrease ecosystem carbon and water use efficiency in dissimilar ways in an alpine meadow and a cultivated grassland in the Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , 323, 109079.
(7) Ganjurjav, H., Hu, G., Gornish, E. S., et al. 2022. Warming and spring precipitation addition change plant growth pattern but have minor effects on growing season mean gross ecosystem productivity in an alpine meadow. Science of The Total Environment , 841, 156712.
(8) Qin X, Li Yu’e*, Wang Bin, Wan Yunfan, Gao Qingzhu, Chen Xuan, Chen Hongru, Song Chunyan. 2021. Nonlinear dependency of N2O emissions on nitrogen input in dry farming systems may facilitate green development in China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 317, 107456, doi:10.1016/j.agee.2021.107456
(9) Andong Cai, Guopeng Liang, Wen Yang, Jie Zhu, Tianfu Han, Wenju Zhang, and Minggang Xu. Patterns and driving factors of litter decomposition across Chinese terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Cleaner Production 278, 2021: 123964. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123964
(10) Cai, A., Xu, H., Duan, Y., Zhang, X., Ashraf, M.N., Zhang, W., Xu, M., 2021. Changes in mineral-associated carbon and nitrogen by long-term fertilization and sequestration potential with various cropping across China dry croplands. Soil and Tillage Research 205, 15-25. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2020.104725
(11) Ganjurjav, H., Gornish, E. S., Hu, G., et al. 2021. Phenological changes offset the warming effects on biomass production in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Ecology , 109:1014–1025.
(12) Hu, G., Gao, Q., Ganjurjav, H., Wang, Z., Luo, W., Wu, H., Li, Y., Yan, Y., Gornish, E. S., Schwartz, M. W., Wan, Y., Li, Y. 2021. The divergent impact of phenology change on the productivity of alpine grassland due to different timing of drought on the Tibetan Plateau. Land Degradation & Development , 32(14), 4033– 4041. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3889
(13) Hasbagan Ganjurjav, Elise S. Gornish, Guozheng Hu, Mark W. Schwartz, Yunfan Wan, Yue Li, and Qingzhu Gao. Warming and precipitation addition interact to affect plant spring phenology in alpine meadows on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 287, 2020: 107943. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107943
(14) Xiaobo Qin, Yu’e Li, Yunfan Wan, Meirong Fan, Yulin Liao, Yong Li, Bin Wang, Qingzhu Gao, Hongbao Wu, and Xuan Chen. Multiple stable isotopic signatures corroborate the predominance of acetoclastic methanogenesis during CH4 formation in agricultural river networks. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 296, 2020: 106930. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.106930
(15) Qin, X., Li, Y.E., Wan, Y., Fan, M., Liao, Y., Li, Y., Wang, B., Gao, Q., 2020. Diffusive flux of CH4 and N2O from agricultural river networks: Regression tree and importance analysis. Science of the Total Environment . 717, 137244.
(16) Bin Wang, Weiwei Cai, Jianling Li, Yunfan Wan, Yu’e Li, Chen Guo, Andreas Wilkes, Songcai You, Xiaobo Qin, Qingzhu Gao, Kaiwen Liu. Leaf photosynthesis and stomatal conductance acclimate to elevated [CO2] and temperature thus increasing dry matter productivity in a Chinese double rice cropping system. Field Crops Research , 2020, 248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107735.
(17) Qin, X., Li, Y., Goldberg, S., Wan, Y., Fan, M., Liao, Y., Wang, B., Gao, Q., & Li, Y. 2019. Assessment of Indirect N2O Emission Factors from Agricultural River Networks Based on Long-Term Study at High Temporal Resolution. Environmental Science & Technology , 53(18), 10781–10791. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03896
(18) Bin Wang, Chen Guo, Yunfan Wan, Jianling Li, Xiaotang Ju, Weiwei Cai, Songcai You, Xiaobo Qin, Andreas Wilkes, Yu’e Li. Air warming and CO2 enrichment increase N use efficiency and decrease N surplus in a Chinese double rice cropping system. Science of the Total Environment , 2020, 706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136063.
(19) Bin Wang, Jianling Li, Yunfan Wan, Weiwei Cai, Chen Guo, Songcai You, Runan Li, et al. Variable effects of 2°C air warming on yield formation under elevated [CO2] in a Chinese double rice cropping system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 278, 2019: 107662. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107662
(20) Ganjurjav, H.#, Zhang, Y.#, Gornish, E. S., et al. 2019. Differential resistance and resilience of functional groups to livestock grazing maintain ecosystem stability in an alpine steppe on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management , 251, 109579.
(21) Xiaobo Qin, Hong Wang*, Yong He, Yu’e Li, Zhiguo Li, Qingzhu Gao, Yunfan Wan, Budong Qian, Brian McConkey, Ron DePauw, Reynald Lemke, William J. Parton. 2018. Simulated adaptation strategies for spring wheat to climate change in a northern high latitude environment by DAYCENT model. European J o urnal of Agronomy . 95: 45-56.
(22) Bin Wang, Jianling Li, Yunfan Wan, Yu’e Li, Xiaobo Qin, Qingzhu Gao, Muhammad Ahmed Waqas, Andreas Wilkes, Weiwei Cai, Songcai You, Shouhua Zhou. Responses of yield, CH4 and N2O emissions to elevated atmospheric temperature and CO2 concentration in a double rice cropping system. European Journal of Agronomy , 2018, 96: 60-69.
(23) Jianling Li, Yu’e Li, Yunfan Wan, Bin Wang, Muhammad Ahmed Waqas, Weiwei Cai, Chen Guo, Shouhua Zhou, Rongrui Su, Xiaobo Qin. Combination of modified nitrogen fertilizers and water saving irrigation can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase rice yield. Geoderma , 2018, 315:1-10.
(24) Hu, G., Liu, H., Shangguan, H., Wu, X., Xu, X., & Williams, M. 2018. The role of heartwood water storage for sem-arid trees under drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , 256, 534-541.
(25) Hu Guozheng, Davies Jocelyn, Gao Qingzhu, Liang Cunzhu 2018 Response of ecosystem functions to climate change and implications for sustainable development on the Inner Mongolian Plateau. The Rangeland Journal 40, 191-203.
(26) Hu Guozheng, Wan Zhiqiang, Chen Yali, Chao Luomeng, Gao Qingzhu, Wang Xuexia, Yang Jie 2018 Ecological responses of Stipa steppe in Inner Mongolia to experimentally increased temperature and precipitation. 5: Synthesis and implications. The Rangeland Journal 40, 167-170.
(27) Hu, G., Liu, H., Yin, Yi., and Song, Z. 2016 The Role of Legumes in Plant Community Succession of Degraded Grasslands in Northern China. Land Degrad. Develop. , 27: 366– 372. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2382.
(28) Bin Wang, Yu’e Li, Yunfan Wan, Xiaobo Qin, Qingzhu Gao, Shuo Liu, Jianling Li. Modifying nitrogen fertilizer practices can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a Chinese double rice cropping system. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment , 2016, 215:100-109.
