| Recent key publications ( Reprints are available on request via email )
Zhu Y-G, Shaw G, Nisbet A F and Wilkins B T, 2000 Effect of potassium starvation on the uptake of radiocaesium by spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum cv. Tonic). Plant and Soil 220: 27-34.
Zhu YG, Shaw G, Nisbet AF and Wilkins BT. 2000. Effect of potassium (K) supply on the uptake of Cs-137 by spring wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Tonic): a lysimeter study. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 39(4): 283-290.
Zhu Y-G and Smolders E. 2000 Plant uptake of radiocaesium: a review of mechanisms, regulation and application. Journal of Experimental Botany 51(351): 1635-1645.
Zhu Y-G, Laidlaw AS, Christie P and Hammond MER, 2000 The specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in perennial ryegrass-white clover pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 77(3): 211-218.
Zhu Y-G and Shaw G, 2000. Soil contamination with radionuclides and possible remediation. Chemosphere, 41(1-2): 121-128.
Zhu YG, Shaw G, Nisbet AF and Wilkins BT. 2000. Effect of external potassium and plant age on the uptake of radiocaesium ( 137 Cs) by broad bean ( Vicia faba ): interpretation of results from a large-scale hydroponic study. Environmental and Experimental Botany 47(2): 172-187.
Chen ZL and Zhu YG, 2000. Capillary gel electrophoretic separation of superoxide dismutases in leaf extracts of Triticum aestivum L. Phytochemical Analysis 11:362-365.
Zhu YG., Christie P, and Laidlaw A S, 2001 Uptake of Zn by mycorrhizal white clover plants from Zn-amended soil. Chemosphere 42: 91-97.
Zhu YG 2001. Effect of external potassium (K) supply on the uptake of Cs-137 by spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum cv. Tonic): a large-scale hydroponic study. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 55: 85-96.
Zhu YG , Cavagnaro TR, Smith SE and Dickson S 2001 Backseat driving? Most plants depend on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to access phosphate beyond the rhizosphere depletion zone. Trends in Plant Sciences 6: 194-195.
Zhu YG and Smith SE 2001. Seed phosphorus (P) content affects growth, and P uptake of wheat plants and their association with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Plant and Soil 231: 105-112.
Zhu YG , Smith SE and Smith FA 2001 Plant growth and cation composition of two cultivars of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) differing in P uptake efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 1277-1282.
Zhu YG , Smith SE, Barritt AR and Smith FA 2001. Phosphorus (P) efficiencies and mycorrhizal responsiveness of historical and modern wheat cultivars. Plant and Soil 237: 249-255.
Zhu YG , Smith SE and Smith FA 2001 Zinc (Zn)-phosphorus interactions in two cultivars of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) differing in P uptake efficiency. Annals of Botany 88(5): 941-945.
He YQ Zhu YG Smith SE and Smith FA 2002. Interactions between soil moisture and phosphorus supply in spring wheat plants grown in pot culture. Journal of Plant Nutrition 25: 913-925.
Zhu YG, He YQ, Smith SE and Smith FA. 2002. Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) has capacity to take up phosphorus from a calcium (Ca)-bound source. Plant and Soil 239: 1-8.
Zhu YG , Smith FA and Smith SE 2002 Phosphorus efficiencies and their effects on Zn, Cu and Mn nutrition of different barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars grown in sand culture. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 53: 211-216.
Zhu YG, Smith FA , Smith SE : 2003 Phosphorus efficiencies and responses of barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi grown in highly calcareous soil Mycorrhiza 13: 93-100.
Zhu Y. -G ., Huang Y. -Z., Hu Y. and Liu Y. -X. 2003 Iodine uptake by spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.) plants grown in solution culture: effects of iodine species and solution concentrations. Environment International 29: 33-37.
Li H-Y, Zhu Y-G, Smith SE and Smith FA. 2003 Phosphorus-zinc interactions in two barley cultivars differing in phosphorus and zinc efficiencies. Journal of Plant Nutrition 26(5): 1085-1099.
Zhao Z-Q, Zhu Y-G , Li H-Y, Smith SE and Smith FA. 2003 Effects of forms and rates of potassium fertilizers on cadmium uptake by two cultivars of spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum , L.) Environment International 29: 973-978.
Zhu YG , Miller RM. 2003 Carbon cycling by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil-plant systems. Trends in Plant Science 8 (9): 407-409.
Juhasz AL, Naidu R, Zhu YG , Wang LS, Jiang JY, Cao ZH. 2003 Toxicity issues associated with geogenic arsenic in the groundwater-soil-plant-human continuum. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71 (6): 1100-1107.
Zhu YG , Zhao ZQ, Li HY, Smith SE, Smith FA. 2003 Effect of zinc-cadmium interactions on the uptake of zinc and cadmium by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown in pot culture. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71 (6): 1289-1296.
Li XR, Zhou HY, Wang XP, Zhu YG , O'Conner PJ. 2003 The effects of sand stabilization and revegetation on cryptogam species diversity and soil fertility in the Tengger Desert, Northern China. Plant and Soil 251 (2): 237-245.
Tong YP, Kneer R and Zhu YG 2004. Vacuolar compartmentalization: a second-generation approach to engineering plants for phytoremediation. Trends in Plant Science 9: 7-9.
Tang X. -Y., Zhu Y. -G ., Chen S. -B., Tang L. -L. and Chen X. -P. 2004 Assessment of the effectiveness of different phosphorus fertilizers to remediate Pb-contaminated soil using in vitro test. Environment International 30: 531-537.
Cui Yu-Jing, Zhu Yong-Guan, Zhai Ri-Hong, et al. 2004 Transfer of metals from soil to vegetables in an area near a smelter in Nanning, China. Environment International 30: 785-791.
Dai J, Zhang M and Zhu YG . 2004 Adsorption and desorption of iodine by various Chinese soils: I. Iodate. Environment International 30: 525-533.
Zhu Y. -G ., Chen S. -B. and Yang J. -C. 2004 Effects of soil amendments on lead uptake by two vegetable crops from a lead-contaminated soil from Anhui, China. Environment International 30: 351-356.
Liu WJ, Zhu YG , Smith SE and Smith FA. 2004 Do phosphorus nutrition and iron plaque alter arsenate (As) uptake by rice seedlings in hydroponic culture? New Phytologist 162: 481-488.
Liu WJ, Zhu YG , Smith SE and Smith FA. 2004 Do iron plaque and genotypes affect arsenate uptake and translocation by rice seedlings ( Oryza sativa L.) grown in solution culture? Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 1707-1713.
Dai JL, Zhu YG , Zhang M, Huang YZ. Selecting iodine-enriched vegetables and the residual effect of iodate application to soil. Biological Trace Element Research., 2004, 101 (3): 265-276
Fu BJ, Liu SL, Ma KM, Zhu YG . Relationships between soil characteristics, topography and plant diversity in a heterogeneous deciduous broad-leaved forest near Beijing, China. Plant and Soil, 2004, 261: 47-54
Hayes JE, Zhu YG , Mimura T, Reid RJ. An assessment of the usefulness of solution culture in screening for phosphorus efficiency in wheat. Plant and Soil, 2004, 261: 91-97
Xu RK, Zhu YG , Chittleborough D. Phosphorus release from phosphate rock and iron phosphate by low-molecular-weight organic acids. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2004, 16 (1): 5-8
Zhao ZQ, Zheng HL, Zhu YG . Changes of plasma membrane ATPase activity, membrane potential and transmembrane proton gradient in Kandelia candel and Avicennia marina seedlings with various salinities. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2004, 16 (5): 742-745
Chen Z, Zhu YG , Liu WJ Meharg AA. Direct evidence showing the effect of root surface iron plaque on arsenite and arsenate uptake into rice (Oryza sativa) roots. New Phytologist, 2005 165: 91-97. |