The current research interests are nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus cycling in agricultural systems; microbial mechanisms of greenhouse gas generation, transformation and emission from agricultural soils; functions of microorganisms in rhizosphere.

He achieved his BSc and MSc degree at Huazhong Agricultural University (China) in 1985 majoring soil science and plant nutrition, and PhD at Wolverhampton University (UK) in 2001 majoring plant molecular biology.

Professor Wenxue WEI (PhD) is a group leader of soil microbial ecology in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the director of Taoyuan Agro-ecology Experimental Station, and the winner of “Hundred Talents Project” from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. He achieved his MSc degree at Huazhong Agricultural University (China) in 1985 majoring soil science and plant nutrition, and PhD at Wolverhampton University (UK) in 2001 majoring plant molecular biology. During 1985 and 1997 he was employed as a senior lecturer at Huazhong Agricultural University, and during 2001 and 2007 he was a postdoctoral researcher at University of the West of Scotland and Durham University, respectively. Up till now, he has attained important achievements in nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems; microbial mechanisms of nitrous oxide generation, transformation and emission from agricultural soils.

In 1998, his achievement in the molybdenum fertilizer  application technique for winter wheat in yellow-brown soils was awarded the second prize  for the progress in science and technology by the government of Hubei Province.

1. Ling Wang, Rong Sheng, Huicui Yang, Qing Wang, Wenzhao Zhang, Haijun Hou, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Stimulatory effect of exogenous nitrate on soil denitrifiers and denitrifying activities in submerged paddy soil. Geoderma, 286:64-72, 2017

2. Rong Sheng, Anlei Chen, Miaomiao Zhang, Andrew S. Whiteley, Deepak Kumaresan, Wenxue Wei*.Transcriptional activities of methanogens and methanotrophs vary with methane emission flux in rice soils under chronic nutrient constraints of phosphorus and potassium. Biogeosciences, 13:1-12, 2016

3. Hongling Qin, Zhenxing Zhang, Jing Lu, Yijun Zhu, R Webster, XL Liu, Hongzhao Yuan, Haijun Hou, Chunlan Chen, Wenxue Wei*. Change from paddy rice to vegetable growing changes nitrogen-cycling microbial communities and their variation with depth in the soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 67(5):650-658

4. Wenzhao Zhang, Chunmei Yin Chunlan Chen Anlei Chen Xiaoli Xie, Xingan Fu, Haijun Hou, Wenxue Wei*. Estimation of long-term Ca²⁺ loss through outlet flow from an agricultural watershed and the influencing factors. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-6145-z , 2016

5. Huicui Yang, Rong Sheng, Zhenxing Zhang, Ling Wang, Qing Wang, Wenxue Wei*. Responses of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria to flooding-drying cycles in flooded rice soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 103:101-109, 2016

6. Rong Sheng, Hongling Qin, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Shi Huang, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Bacterial succession in paddy soils derived from different parent materials. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 15(4):982-992, 2015

7. Hongling Qin, Zhi Quan, Hongzhao Yuan, Xinliang Liu, Yijun Zhu, Chunlan Chen, Jiahua Guo, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Response of Ammonium-Oxidizing (amoA) and Nitrate-Reducing (narG) Gene Abundances in Groundwater to Land Use Change. Water Air Soil Pollution, 225:1908-1915, 2014

8. Yi Liu, Yang Yang, Hong-ling Qin, Yi-jun ZHu， Wenxue Wei*. Differential Responses of Nitrifier and Denitrifier to Dicyandiamide in Short- and Long-term Intensive Vegetable Cultivation Soils. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13（5）：1090-1098, 2014

9. Rong Sheng, Delong Meng, MinnaWu, Hongling Qin, Wenxue Wei*. Effect of agricultural land use change on community composition of bacteria and ammonia oxidizers. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 13: 1246–1256, 2013

10. Hongling Qin, Hongzhao Yuan, Hui Zhang, Yijun Zhu, Chunmei Yin, Zhoujin Tan, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Ammonia- oxidizing archaea are more important than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in nitrification and NO₃⁻-N loss in acidic soil of sloped land. Biology and Fertility of Soils DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0767-1, 2013

11. Jinbo Liu, Haijun Hou, Rong Sheng, Zhe Chen, Yijun Zhu, Hongling Qin, Wenxue Wei*, Denitrifying communities differentially respond to flooding drying cycles in paddy soils. Applied Soi Ecology, 62:155– 162, 2012

12. Zhe Chen, Jinbo Liu, Minna Wu, Xiaoli Xie, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Differentiated Response of Denitrifying Communities to Fertilization Regime in Paddy Soil. Microbial Ecology, 63(2):446-459, 2012

13. Zhe Chen, Haijun Hou, Yan Zheng, Hongling Qin, Yijun Zhu, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Long-term fertilization effects on the abundance and community composition of nosZ-containing denitrifying bacteria in paddy soil. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92:1064-1072, 2012

14. Minna Wu, Hongling Qin, Zhe Chen, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Effect of long-term fertilization on bacterial composition in rice paddy soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 47(4):397-405, 2011

15. Zhe Chen, Xiqian Luo,Ronggui Hu,Minna Wu,Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*.  Impact of long-term fertilization on the composition of denitrifier communities based on nitrite reductase analyses in a paddy soil. Microbial Ecology, 60(4):850-861, 2010

16. Hongling Qin, Zhi Quan, Xinliang Liu, Mingde Li, Yong Zong, Jinshui Wu, Wenxue Wei*. Phosphorus status and risk of phosphate leaching loss from vegetable soils of different planting years in suburbs of changsha, China. Agricultural Sciences in China, 9(11):101-105, 2010

17. Wenxue Wei, E. Alexandersson, D. Golldack, T. Miller, P. O. Kjellbom and W. Fricke. HvPIP1;6, a Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Plasma membrane water channel particularly expressed in growing compared to non-growing leaf tissues. Plant and Cell Physiology. 48(8): 1132–1147, 2007

18. Wenxue Wei, J. T. M. Kroon, W. J. Simon and A. R. Slabas. Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seeds which has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzyme of fungi and animals. Phytochemistry 67(23): 2541-2549, 2006

19. Shoulong Liu, Yong Li, Jinshui Wu, Daoyou Huang, Yirong Su, Wenxue Wei. Spatial variability of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a hilly red soil landscape in subtropical China. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 56(5), 693–704, 2010

20. Xin Chen, Limei Zhang, Jupei Shen, Wenxue Wei, Jizheng He. Abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in an acid paddy soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 47(3):323-331, 2010

21. Hanhua Zhu, Jinshui Wu, Daoyou Huang, Qihong Zhu, Shoulong Liu,Yirong Su,Wenxue Wei, J. Keith Syers, Yong Li. Improving fertility and productivity of a highly-weathered upland soil in subtropical China by incorporating rice straw. Plant Soil, 331:427–437, 2010

22. Shengli Guo, Jinshui Wu, Tinghui Dang, Wenzhao Liu,Yong Li, Wenxue Wei, J. Keith Syers. Impacts of fertilizer practices on environmental risk of nitrate in semiarid farmlands in the Loess Plateau of China. Plant Soil, 330:1–13, 2010

23. Xiaoyan Dai, Yirong Su, Wenxue Wei, Jinshui Wu, Yekuan Fan. Effects of top excision on the potassium accumulation and expression of potassium channel genes in tobacco. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60(1):279-289, 2009

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