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Leptosphaeria spp., phoma stem canker and potential spread of L. maculans on oilseed rape crops in China

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Zhang, X., White, Robin P., Demir, E., Jedryczka, M., Lange, R. M., Islam, M., Li, Z. Q., Huang, Y. J., Hall, A. M., Zhou, G., Wang, Z., Cai, X., Skelsey, P. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2014. Leptosphaeria spp., phoma stem canker and potential spread of L. maculans on oilseed rape crops in China. Plant Pathology. 63 (3), pp. 598-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12146

Barley has two peroxisomal ABC transporters with multiple functions in beta-oxidation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Mendiondo, G. M., Medhurst, A., Van Roermund, C. W., Zhang, X., Devonshire, J., Scholefield, D., Fernandez, J., Axcell, B., Ramsay, L., Waterham, H. R., Waugh, R., Theodoulou, F. L. and Holdsworth, M. J. 2014. Barley has two peroxisomal ABC transporters with multiple functions in beta-oxidation. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65, pp. 4833-4847. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru243

Soil CO2 and N2O emissions in maize growing season under different fertilizer regimes in an upland red soil region of South China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X-B., Wu, L., Sun, N., Ding, X-S., Li, J-W., Wang, B-R. and Li, D-C. 2014. Soil CO2 and N2O emissions in maize growing season under different fertilizer regimes in an upland red soil region of South China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 13, pp. 604-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60718-2

Using SPACSYS to analyse the interaction between plant and environment in a systems approach

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Wu, L. and Whitmore, A. P. 2013. Using SPACSYS to analyse the interaction between plant and environment in a systems approach. Abstracts Workshop on Exploring New Ideas for Trade and Agriculture Model Integration for Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security, Haifa, 3-5 March 2013 .

Modelling the path to better soil applied pesticides

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Sweeney, P., Travis, K., Whalley, W. R., Whitmore, A. P., Dailey, A. G., Wu, L., Van Beinum, W. and Brown, C. 2013. Modelling the path to better soil applied pesticides. Abstracts Conference on Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air, York, 2-4 September 2013 .

Investigation of photosynthate-C allocation 27 days after 13C-pulse labeling of Zea mays L. at different growth stages

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Meng, F., Dungait, J. A. J., Zhang, X., He, M., Guo, Y. and Wu, W. 2013. Investigation of photosynthate-C allocation 27 days after 13C-pulse labeling of Zea mays L. at different growth stages. Plant and Soil. 373, pp. 755-764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1841-7

Modelling root-soil interactions using three-dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Dunbabin, V. M., Postma, J. A., Schnepf, A., Pages, L., Javaux, M., Wu, L., Leitner, D., Chen, Y. L., Rengel, Z. and Diggle, A. J. 2013. Modelling root-soil interactions using three-dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function. Plant and Soil. 372, pp. 93-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1769-y

How do environmental factors and different fertilizer strategies affect soil CO2 emission and carbon sequestration in the upland soils of southern China?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X. B., Xu, M. G., Sun, N., Wang, S-J., Wu, L., Wang, B-R. and Li, D. C. 2013. How do environmental factors and different fertilizer strategies affect soil CO2 emission and carbon sequestration in the upland soils of southern China? Applied Soil Ecology. 72, pp. 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.05.014

Crown and root biomass equations for the small trees of Pinus koraiensis under canopy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, J., Fan, J., Fan, X., Zhang, C., Wu, L. and Von Gadow, K. 2013. Crown and root biomass equations for the small trees of Pinus koraiensis under canopy. Dendrobiology. 70, pp. 13-25. https://doi.org/10.12657/denbio.070.002

Differences in one-, two- and three-dimensional modeling of root growth for estimating water and nutrient uptake and the carbon cycle

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Wu, L. and Bingham, I. J. 2013. Differences in one-, two- and three-dimensional modeling of root growth for estimating water and nutrient uptake and the carbon cycle. in: Ahuja, L. R. and Timlin, D. (ed.) Enhancing understanding and quantification of soil-root growth interactions. (Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling 4) American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Madison Wisconsin. pp. 119-153

Soil organic carbon sequestration under different fertilizer regimes in north and northeast China: RothC simulation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, J., Lu, C., Xu, M., Zhu, P., Huang, S., Zhang, W., Peng, C., Chen, X. and Wu, L. 2013. Soil organic carbon sequestration under different fertilizer regimes in north and northeast China: RothC simulation. Soil Use and Management. 29 (2), pp. 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12032

Modeling biological dinitrogen fixation of field pea with a process-based simulation model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Liu, Y., Wu, L., Watson, C. A., Baddeley, J. A., Pan, X. and Zhang, L. 2013. Modeling biological dinitrogen fixation of field pea with a process-based simulation model. Agronomy Journal. 105, pp. 670-678. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2012.0412

Influence of ground flora on Fraxinus mandshurica seedling growth on abandoned land and beneath forest canopy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, J., Wu, L., Zhao, X., Fan, J., Zhang, C. and Von Gadow, K. 2013. Influence of ground flora on Fraxinus mandshurica seedling growth on abandoned land and beneath forest canopy. European Journal Of Forest Research. 132, pp. 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-012-0676-8

Phytochelatins play a key role in arsenic accumulation and tolerance in the aquatic macrophyte Wolffia globosa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Uroic, M. K., Xie, W-Y., Zhu, Y-G., Chen, B-D., McGrath, S. P., Feldmann, J. and Zhao, F-J. 2012. Phytochelatins play a key role in arsenic accumulation and tolerance in the aquatic macrophyte Wolffia globosa. Environmental Pollution. 165, pp. 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.02.009

Advances in the understanding of nutrient dynamics and management in UK agriculture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Dungait, J. A. J., Cardenas, L. M., Blackwell, M. S. A., Wu, L., Withers, P. J. A., Chadwick, D. R., Bol, R., Murray, P. J., Macdonald, A. J., Whitmore, A. P. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2012. Advances in the understanding of nutrient dynamics and management in UK agriculture. Science of the Total Environment. 434 (15 September), pp. 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.029

Pseudo half-molecules of the ABC transporter, COMATOSE, bind Pex19 and target to peroxisomes independently but are both required for activity

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Nyathi, Y., Zhang, X., Baldwin, J. M., Bernhardt, K., Johnson, B., Baldwin, S. A., Theodoulou, F. L. and Baker, A. 2012. Pseudo half-molecules of the ABC transporter, COMATOSE, bind Pex19 and target to peroxisomes independently but are both required for activity. FEBS Letters. 586 (16), pp. 2280-2286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2012.05.065

Carbon sequestration by fruit trees - Chinese apple orchards as an example

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wu, T., Wang, Y., Yu, C., Chiarawipa, R., Zhang, X., Han, Z. and Wu, L. 2012. Carbon sequestration by fruit trees - Chinese apple orchards as an example. PLOS ONE. 7, p. e38883. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038883

Conservation of targeting but divergence in function and quality control of peroxisomal ABC transporters: an analysis using cross-kingdom expression

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., De Marcos Lousa, C., Schutte-Lensink, N., Ofman, R., Wanders, R. J., Baldwin, S. A., Baker, A., Kemp, S. and Theodoulou, F. L. 2011. Conservation of targeting but divergence in function and quality control of peroxisomal ABC transporters: an analysis using cross-kingdom expression. Biochemical Journal. 436, pp. 547-557. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20110249

Special features of the SPACSYS modeling package and procedures for parameterization and validation

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Wu, L. and Shepherd, A. 2011. Special features of the SPACSYS modeling package and procedures for parameterization and validation. in: Ma, L. and Ahuja, L. R. (ed.) Methods of introducing system models into agricultural research American Society of Agronomy, Madison. pp. 117-154

A review of quantitative tools for assessing the diffuse pollution response to farmer adaptations and mitigation methods under climate change

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Shepherd, A., Wu, L., Chadwick, D. R. and Bol, R. 2011. A review of quantitative tools for assessing the diffuse pollution response to farmer adaptations and mitigation methods under climate change. Advances in Agronomy. 112, pp. 1-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385538-1.00001-9

Biomass structure and allometry of Abies nephrolepis (Maxim) in Northeast China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, J., Zhang, C., Xia, F., Zhao, X., Wu, L. and Von Gadow, K. 2011. Biomass structure and allometry of Abies nephrolepis (Maxim) in Northeast China. Silva Fennica. 45 (2), pp. 211-226. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.113

Quantify response of crop systems to future climate change using SPACSYS model

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Wu, L., Shepherd, A. and Chadwick, D. R. 2011. Quantify response of crop systems to future climate change using SPACSYS model. Systems Approaches to Crop Improvement. Aspects of Applied Biology 107 . pp. 57-62

Simulation of wheat growth using the 3D root architecture model SPACSYS: validation and sensitivity analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bingham, I. J. and Wu, L. 2011. Simulation of wheat growth using the 3D root architecture model SPACSYS: validation and sensitivity analysis. European Journal of Agronomy. 34, pp. 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2011.01.003

Peroxisomal transport systems: roles in signaling and metabolism

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Theodoulou, F. L., Zhang, X., De Marcos Lousa, C., Nyathi, Y. and Baker, A. 2011. Peroxisomal transport systems: roles in signaling and metabolism. in: Geisler, M. and Venema, K. (ed.) Transporters and pumps in plant signaling Springer, Berlin. pp. 327-351

Impacts of climate change on the grazing period, and the conserved feeding costs of grazing systems in the UK

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Topp, C. F. E., Wreford, A., Tolkamp, B. J., Wu, L. and Moran, D. 2010. Impacts of climate change on the grazing period, and the conserved feeding costs of grazing systems in the UK. Abstracts Grassland in a Changing World: 23rd General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Kiel, 29 August-2 September 2010 . pp. 5

Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Pilgrim, E. S., Macleod, C. J. A., Beaumont, D. A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Bol, R., Del Prado, A., Griffith, B. A., Orr, R. J., Shepherd, A., Wu, L. and Firbank, L. G. 2010. Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale. Yang, W., Filatova, T., Rizzoli, A., Voinov, A. A. and Swayne, D. A. (ed.) Proceedings International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Modelling for Environment's Sake, Ottawa, 5-8 July 2010 . IEMSS. pp. 8pp

What will the climate look like for south-west England this century? UKCP09 climate change data for the North Wyke Research Institute, Devon

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Shepherd, A. and Wu, L. 2010. What will the climate look like for south-west England this century? UKCP09 climate change data for the North Wyke Research Institute, Devon. Abstracts A Climate for Change: Opportunities for Carbon-Efficient Farming, Dublin, 24-25 June 2010 . pp. 99

Effects of soil conditions and drought on egg hatching and larval survival of the clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Johnson, S. N., Gregory, P. J., Mcnicol, J. W., Oodally, Y., Zhang, X. and Murray, P. J. 2010. Effects of soil conditions and drought on egg hatching and larval survival of the clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus). Applied Soil Ecology. 44, pp. 75-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.10.002

Arsenic uptake and speciation in the rootless duckweed Wolffia globosa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Zhao, F-J., Huang, Q., Williams, P. N., Sun, G-X. and Zhu, Y-G. 2009. Arsenic uptake and speciation in the rootless duckweed Wolffia globosa. New Phytologist. 182 (2), pp. 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02758.x

Performance evaluation of the cell-based algorithms for domain decomposition in flow simulation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, J., Zhang, X., Bengough, A. G. and Crawford, J. W. 2008. Performance evaluation of the cell-based algorithms for domain decomposition in flow simulation. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow. 18, pp. 656-672. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530810879765

Arsenic accumulation by the aquatic fern Azolla : comparison of arsenate uptake, speciation and efflux by A. caroliniana and A. filiculoides

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Lin, A-J., Zhao, F-J., Xu, G-Z., Duan, G-L. and Zhu, Y-G. 2008. Arsenic accumulation by the aquatic fern Azolla : comparison of arsenate uptake, speciation and efflux by A. caroliniana and A. filiculoides. Environmental Pollution. 156, pp. 1149-1155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.04.002

Arsenate-induced toxicity: effects on antioxidative enzymes and DNA damage in Vicia faba

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Lin, A., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y-G. and Zhao, F-J. 2008. Arsenate-induced toxicity: effects on antioxidative enzymes and DNA damage in Vicia faba. Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry. 27 (2), pp. 413-419. https://doi.org/10.1897/07-266R.1

Development of biotech crops in China

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Xue, Q., Zhang, X. and Zhang, Y. 2006. Development of biotech crops in China. in: Halford, N. G. (ed.) Plant biotechnology: current and future uses of genetically modified crops John Wiley & Sons Chichester, West Sussex. pp. 53-67

Modelling the movement and survival of the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus , in the root-zone of white clover

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Johnson, S. N., Gregory, P. J., Crawford, J. W., Young, I. M., Murray, P. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2006. Modelling the movement and survival of the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus , in the root-zone of white clover. Ecological Modelling. 190 (1-2), pp. 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.01.063

How soil properties affect egg development and larval longevity of a grassland insect pest - an empirically based model

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Johnson, S. N., Zhang, X., Crawford, J. W., Gregory, P. J. and Young, I. M. 2005. How soil properties affect egg development and larval longevity of a grassland insect pest - an empirically based model. Jarvis, S. C., Murray, P. J. and Roker, J. A. (ed.) Optimisation of nutrient cycling and soil quality for sustainable grasslands. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands. pp. p63 https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-556-7

Attractive properties of an isoflavenoid found in white clover root nodules on the clover root weevil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Johnson, S. N., Gregory, P. J., Greenham, J. R., Zhang, X. and Murray, P. J. 2005. Attractive properties of an isoflavenoid found in white clover root nodules on the clover root weevil. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31 (9), pp. 2223-2229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-6355-1

Host location by larvae of Sitona lepidus

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Murray, P. J., Johnson, S., Zhang, X., Gregory, P. and Young, I. 2004. Host location by larvae of Sitona lepidus. Abstracts XIV International colloquium on soil zoology and ecology. University of Rouen-Mount Saint Aignan, France, August 30-September 3, 2004. pp. p170

Host plant recognition by the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera Curculionidae)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Johnson, S. N., Gregory, P. J., Murray, P. J., Zhang, X. and Young, I. M. 2004. Host plant recognition by the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera Curculionidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 94, pp. 433-439. https://doi.org/10.1079/BER2004317

Amino acid enantiomers in soil: indicators for protein ageing and turnover

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Amelung, W., Bol, R. and Zhang, X. 2001. Amino acid enantiomers in soil: indicators for protein ageing and turnover. Abstracts 20th International Conference on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France, 10-14 September 2001.

Evaluation of soil N dating with amino acid enantiomers

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Amelung, W., Zhang, X. and Bol, R. 1999. Evaluation of soil N dating with amino acid enantiomers. ASA CSSA SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts, Salt Lake City, 31 October - 4 November 1999. American Society of Agronomy. pp. 232