Sun Xiao

Contact

Address:  College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Tel.:   86-13655172496  

E-mail:  sunxiao1014@njau.edu.cn

Fields of Postgraduate Admissions

 

 

Research Fields

My research includes: 1) the effects of cover crops in sustainable development agriculture or green agriculture, and the underlying mechanism; 2) Improve the rhizospheric environment and restore polluted soil. 

Teaching Courses

I mainly teach the following courses: 1) Agro-grassland ecosystem; 2) Exploitation and utilization of forage resources in south China.

Education Background

2011- 2012: Visiting scholar, University of Minnesota, USA.

2008-2013: Ph.D candidate, ecology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

2005-2008: Master, ecology, Northeast Normal University, China.

2001-2005: Bachelor, Chemistry, Minor, Ecology, Changchun Preceptorial university, China.

 

Work Experience

2018- Present: Associate professor, Nanjing Agricultural University.

2013- 2018: Assistant Professor，Nanjing Agricultural University.

Honors and Awards

National postgraduate scholarship in 2013, and Young Scientist Award in 2014.

Research Achievements/Selected Publications

Sun X*, Chen J, Pei TT, Rosanoff A (2017) Effects of magnesium fertilizer on forage protein content depend upon available soil nitrogen, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 66 (8): 1743–1750.

Sun X, Shen Y, Schuster MJ, Searle EB, Chen JH, Yang GW, Zhang YJ (2017) Initial responses of grass litter tissue chemistry and N:P stoichiometry to varied N and P input rates and ratios in Inner Mongolia, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2018 , 252 :114-125.

Chen JH, Li YP, Wen SL, Rosanoff A, Yang GW, Sun X*(2017) Magnesium fertilizer-induced increase of symbiotic microorganisms improves forage growth and quality, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65(16).

Sun X*, Gao Y, Wang D, Chen J, Zhang FG, Zhou JB, Xiao Y (2017) Stoichiometric variation of halophytes in response to changes of soil salinity, Plant Biology, DOI: 10.1111/plb.12552.

Sun X, Kang H, Chen HYH et al. (2016) Phenotypic plasticity controls regional-scale variation in Quercus variabilisleaf δ 13 C. Trees, 1-9.

Sun X, Kang H, Chen HY, Berg B, Bartels SF, Liu C (2015) Biogeographic patterns of nutrient resorption from Quercus variabilis Blume leaves across China. Plant Biology,18, 505-513.

Sun X, Kang H, Kattge J, Gao Y, Liu C (2015) Biogeographic patterns of multi-element stoichiometry of Quercus varia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45, 1827-1834.

Sun X, Rosanoff A, Liu C (2015) Across-trophic variation of potassium, calcium and magnesium stoichiometric traits in a parasitism food chain across temperate and subtropical biomes. Crop & Pasture Science, 66, 1290-1297.

Sun X, Small GE, Zhou X, Wang D, Li H, Liu C (2015) Variation in C:N:S stoichiometry and nutrient storage related to body size in a holometabolous insect (Curculio davidi) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larva. Journal of Insect Science, 15.

Sun X, Kay AD, Kang H et al. (2013) Correlated biogeographic variation of magnesium across trophic levels in a terrestrial food chain. Plos One, 8, e78444.

Sun X, Zhou X, Small GE, Sterner R, Kang HZ, Liu C (2013) Energy storage and C:N:P variation in a holometabolous insect ( Curculio davidi Fairmaire ) larva across a climate gradient. Journal of Insect Physiology, 59, 408-415.

Sun X, Kang H, Du H et al. (2012) Stoichiometric traits of oriental oak (Quercus variabilis) acorns and their variations in relation to environmental variables across temperate to subtropical China. Ecological Research, 27, 765-773.