Agroecology, Soil and Environment, Precision farming

Ph.D., Ecology, 1996, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS

M.S., Agroecology, 1988, China Agricultural University

B.S., Agronomy, 1985, Shanxi Agricultural University

2014-present  Director of Center for Agricultural Resources  Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of  Sciences (CAS) 

2004-2014  Deputy Director of Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

1998-present  Head of Luancheng Agro-Ecosystems Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Science

1997-present   Professor of Institute of Agricultural Modernization, CAS and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS.

1996-1997 Associate Professor of Institute of Agricultural Modernization, CAS

1990-1995 Assistant Professor of Institute of Agricultural Modernization, CAS

1988-1990 Research assistant of Institute of Agricultural Modernization, CAS

1.  Shuping Qin, Timothy Clough, Jiafa Luo,Nicole Wrage-Moonnig, Oene Oenema,Yuming Zhang, Chunsheng Hu. Perturbation-free measurement ofin situ di-nitrogen emissions from denitrification in nitrate-rich aquatic ecosystems. Water Research,2017, 109:94-101.

2. Liu, LT, Hu, CS, Olesen, JE, Ju, ZQ, Xiying Zhang. Effect of warming and nitrogen addition on evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in a wheat-soybean/fallow rotation from 2010 to 2014. Climate Change. 

3.  Wenxu Dong, Yongmei Duan, Yuying Wang, Chunsheng Hu. Reassessing carbon sequestration in the North China Plain via addition of nitrogen,Science of the Total Environment2016, 563-564: 138–144.

4. Liu, LT, Hu, CS, Yang, PP, Ju, ZQ, Olesen, JE, Tang, JW. Experimental warming-driven soil drying reduced N2O emissions from fertilized crop rotations of winter wheat-soybean/fallow, 2009-2014. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 2016 219: 71-82.

5.   Yuying Wang, Chunsheng Hu, Wenxu Dong, Xiaoxin Li, Yuming Zhang, Shuping Qin, Oene Oenema. Carbon budget of a winter-wheat and summer-maize rotation cropland in the North China Plain. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 2015, 206: 33-35.

6.    Liting Liu, Chunsheng Hu, Peipei Yang, Zhaoqiang Ju, Jorgen E. Olesen, Jianwu Tang. Effects of experimental warming and nitrogen addition on soil respiration and CH4 fluxes from crop rotations of winter wheat-soybean/fallow. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2015, 207: 38-47.

7.    Wei Qin, Chunsheng Hu & Oene Oenema.2015. Soil mulching significantly enhances yields and water and nitrogen use efficiencies of maize and wheat: a meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 5:16210 | DOI: 10.1038/srep16210.

8.    Du, Z., T. Ren, C. Hu, and Q. Zhang. 2015. Transition from intensive tillage to no-till enhances carbon sequestration in microaggregates of surface soil in the North China Plain. Soil and Tillage Research. 146:26-31

9.     Liang M-Y, Wang G-Y, Liang W-L, Shi P-F, Jing D, Peng S, Hu C-S. 2015. Yield and quality of maize stover: Variation among cultivars and effects of N fertilization. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.14:1581-1587.

10.   Ju Z, Li X, Hu C. 2015.  Water dynamics and groundwater recharge in a deep vadose zone. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. Ws2015165.

11. Qin, S., Yuan, H.,Hu, C*., Oenema, O. Determination of potential N2O-reductase activity in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2014, 70: 205-210.

12. Qin, S., Yuan, H., Dong, W., Hu, C*., Oenema, O., Zhang, Y. Relationship between soil properties and the bias of N2O reduction by acetylene inhibition technique for analyzing soil denitrification potential. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2013, 66: 182-187.

13. Wu, D., Dong, W., Oenema, O., Wang, Y., Trebs, I., Hu, C*.N2O consumption by low-nitrogen soil and its regulation by water and oxygen. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2013，60: 165-172.

14.  Qin S, Hu C*, Oenema O. Quantifying the underestimation of soil denitrification  potential as determined by the acetylene inhibition method. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2012, 47:14-17.

15. Liu, L., Hu, C*., Olesen, J. E., Ju, Z., Yang, P., Zhang, Y. Warming and nitrogen fertilization effects on winter wheat yields in northern China varied between four years. Field Crops Research, 2013, 151: 56-64.

16.Qin, S., Hu, C*., & Oenema, O. Differentiating Intracellular from Extracellular Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Soil by Sonication. PloS one, 2013, 8(3): e58691.

17.ZHOU, W., HU, C. S*., LI, J., Christie, P., HE, X. H., JU, X. T. Natural 15N Abundance in Winter Wheat Amended with Urea and Compost: A Long-Term Experiment. Pedosphere, 2013, 23(6): 835-843.

18.Wang, Y. Y., Hu, C. S*., Ming, H., Zhang, Y. M., Li, X. X., Dong, W. X., & Oenema, O. Concentration profiles of CH4, CO2andN2Oin soils of a wheat―maize rotation ecosystem in North China Plain, measured weekly over a whole year. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2013, 164: 260-272.

19. Qin S, Wang Y, Hu C*, Oenema O, Li X, Zhang Y, Dong W. Yield-scaled N2O emissions in a winter wheat summer corn double-cropping system. Atmospheric Environment. 2012, 55:240-244.

20. Schindler U, Mueller L, da Veiga M, Zhang Y, Schlindwein S, Hu C. Comparison of water-retention functions obtained from the extended evaporation method and the standard methods sand/kaolin boxes and pressure plate extractor. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2012, 175:527-534.

21.Zhou W, Hu C*, Li J, Christie P, Ju X.Natural 15N abundance of tomato and soil amended with urea and compost. Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment. 2012, 10: 287-293.

22.Dong W, Hu C, Zhang Y, Wu D Gross mineralization, nitrification and N2O emission under different tillage in the North China Plain. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2012, in press,DOI:10.1007/s10705-012-9536-7.

23. Qin S.P., Hu, C.S*., He, X.H., Dong, W.X., Cui, J.F., Wang, Y. Soil organic carbon, nutrients and relevant enzyme activities in particle-size fractions under conservational versus traditional agricultural management. Applied Soil Ecology, 2010,152-159. 

24.  Qin S.P., He, X.H., Hu, C.S*., Zhang, Y.M., Dong, W.X. Responses of soil chemical and microbial indicators to conservational tillage versus traditional tillage in the North China Plain. European Journal of Soil Biology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.006.

25. Du, Z.L., Ren, T.S., Hu, C.S., 2010. Tillage and Residue Removal Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Storage in the North China Plain. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74, 196-202.

26.Qin, S.P., Dong, W.X., Hu, C.S*., 2010. Tillage affecting the turnover rate of soil urease: implications for soil enzyme assays and ecological modeling. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 19, 717-720.

27.Dong, W.X., Hu, C.S*., Chen, S.Y., Zhang, Y.M., 2009. Tillage and residue management effects on soil carbon and CO2 emission in a wheat-corn double-cropping system. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 83, 27-37.

28.Mueller, L., Kay, B.D., Deen, B., Hu, C.S., Zhang, Y.M., Wolff, M., Eulenstein, F., Schindler, U., 2009a. Visual assessment of soil structure: Part II. Implications of tillage, rotation and traffic on sites in Canada, China and Germany. Soil & Tillage Research 103, 188-196.

29.Mueller, L., Kay, B.D., Hu, C.S., Li, Y., Schindler, U., Behrendt, A., Shepherd, T.G., Ball, B.C., 2009b. Visual assessment of soil structure: Evaluation of methodologies on sites in Canada, China and Germany Part I: Comparing visual methods and linking them with soil physical data and grain yield of cereals. Soil & Tillage Research 103, 178-187.

30.Delgado, J.A., Shaffer, M., Hu, C.S, Lavado, R., Cueto-Wong, J., Joosse, P., Sotomayor, D., Colon, W., Follett, R., DelGrosso, S., Li, X., Rimski-Korsakov, H., 2008. An index approach to assess nitrogen losses to the environment. Ecological Engineering 32, 108-120.

31.Wang, Y.Y., Zhu, B., Shi, Y., Hu, C.S., 2008. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on upland rice based on pot experiments. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 39, 1733-1749.

32.Li, X.X., Hu, C.S*., Delgado, J.A., Zhang, Y.M., Ouyang, Z.Y., 2007. Increased nitrogen use efficiencies as a key mitigation alternative to reduce nitrate leaching in north China plain. Agricultural Water Management 89, 137-147.

33.Delgado, J.A., Shaffer, M., Hu, C.S., Lavado, R.S., Wong, J.C., Joosse, P., Li, X.X., Rimski-Korsakov, H., Follett, R., Colon, W., Sotomayor, D., 2006. A decade of change in nutrient management: A new nitrogen index. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61, 62a-71a.

34.Hu, C.S, Saseendran, S.A., Green, T.R., Ma, L., Li, X., Ahuja, L.R., 2006. Evaluating nitrogen and water management in a double-cropping system using RZWQM.Vadose Zone Journal5, 493-505.

35.Hu, C.S,Delgado, J.A., Zhang, X., Ma, L., 2005.Assessment of groundwater use by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the Luancheng Xian region and potential implications for water conservation in the northwestern North China Plain. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 60, 80-88.

36.Zhang, Y.M., Hu, C.S., Zhang, J.B., Chen, D.L., Li, X.X., 2005. Nitrate leaching in an irrigated wheat-maize rotation field in the North China Plain. Pedosphere 15, 196-203.

37.Zhang, Y.M., Chen, D.L., Zhang, J.B., Edis, R., Hu, C.S., Zhu, A.N., 2004. Ammonia volatilization and denitrification losses from an irrigated maize-wheat rotation field in the North China Plain. Pedosphere 14, 533-540.

* indicates corresponding author.

Carbon and Nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems 

Soil fertility improvement and water saving irrigation.

Non-point agricultural pollution  

International collaboration partners include:

Wagenigen University,

USDA,

Arhus University,

Rothamsted Research UK,

ZALF Germany,

CSIRO,

Agrophysics institute,PAS.,

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(1) “Integration and demonstration of conservation tillage in North China Plain”

First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of Hebei Province. 2013

(2)  “Precision farming technology for main crops in Hebei Province”.

Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress of Hebei Province. 2009.

Chunsheng HU, Yisong Cheng, Xiying Zhang, Yuming Zhang et al.

(3) “Integration and demonstration of water-saving agricultural technology system in Sub-humid irrigated area in North China”.

Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress. 2007.

Zhenci Xu, Chunsheng HU, Suying Cheng, Xiying Zhang et al.

(4) “Integration and demonstration of water saving agricultural technology system in Sub-humid irrigated area in North China”.

First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of Hebei Province.2006.

Zhenci Xu, Chunsheng HU, Suying Cheng, Xiying Zhang et al.

(5) “Integration and demonstration of management practices for high yield and high efficiency of winter wheat/corn double cropping systems in Hebei Plain”

First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of Ministry of Education, China.2009.

(6) National Award of Excellent Scientific and Technological Worker. 2010