1. Research Concerns

(1) For the scientific objective of improving drought resistance of crops and efficient use of water resources, the team conducts research on the development and application technology for soil moisture retention, drought resistance and anti-transpirant, photosynthetic enhancement, as well as multi-source and stress-resistant oligosaccharide materials.

(2) Focusing on the risk evaluation and comprehensive prevention and control of agricultural film pollution, the team is engaged in the research and development of controllable and fully biodegradable mulching materials and novel products; studies on film adaptability evaluation and mulching security duration; evaluation, monitoring and predicting potential threats posed by mulching film residue; and dynamic characteristics and safety evaluation of soil pollutants generated from mulching film.

2. Chief Scientist

Prof. He Wenqing

Email: hewenqing@caas.cn

3. Representative Publications

1. Haihe Gao, Changrong Yan, Qin Liu, Weili Ding, Baoqing Chen, and Zhen Li. Effects of plastic    mulching and plastic residue on agricultural production: A meta-analysis.  Science of The Total Environment , 2019, 651: 484-492. Doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.105.

2. Ruimin Qi, Davey L. Jones, Zhen Li, Qin Liu, and Changrong Yan. Behavior of microplastics and plastic film residues in the soil environment: A critical review.  Science of The Total Environment , 2020, 703: 134722. Doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134722.

3. Yi Zhang, Mengke Shi, Zhangren Yan, Shao Zhang, Mengya Wang, Han Xu, Hongyu Li, Yuchen Ying, Shihong Qiu, Jialei Liu, Hong Yang, Huabing Chen, Hui He, and Zhengqing Guo. Ultrastable Near-Infrared Nonlinear Organic Chromophore Nanoparticles with Intramolecular Charge Transfer for Dually Photoinduced Tumor Ablation.  Advanced   H  ealthcare   M  aterials , 2020, 9(20): e2001042. Doi: 10.1002/adhm.202001042.

4. Qi Liu, Wenqing He, Mario Aguedo, Xu Xia, Wenbo Bai, Yanyan Dong, Jiqing Song, Aurore Richel, and Dorothée Goffin. Microwave-assisted alkali hydrolysis for cellulose isolation from wheat straw: Influence of reaction conditions and non-thermal effects of microwave.  Carbohydrate   P  olymers , 2021, 253: 117170. Doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117170.

5. Dongbao Sun, Haigang Li, Enli Wang, Wenqing He, Weiping Hao, Changrong Yan, Yuzhong Li, Xurong Mei, Yanqing Zhang, Zhanxiang Sun, Zhikuan Jia, Huaiping Zhou, Tinglu Fan, Xucheng Zhang, Qin Liu, Fengju Wang, Chaochun Zhang, Jianbo Shen, Qingsuo Wang, and Fusuo Zhang. An overview of the use of plastic-film mulching in China to increase crop yield and water-use efficiency.  National   S  cience   R  eview , 2020, 7(10): 1523–1526.Doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa146.