Doctor Juntao Wang

Doctor Juntao Wang

Research Support Program Fellow - Bushfire Research: Soil Biodiversity,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Biography

Qualifications

  • DREC Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • MNS Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professional Memberships

  • Associate editor, Frontiers in Microbiology, terrestrial microbiology (2022 - 2027)

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Contact

Email: juntao.wang@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 4570 1042
Mobile:
Location: R2.1.17
Hawkesbury

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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Wang, J., Di, H., Han, L., Li, P., Shen, J., Han, B. and Zhang, L. (2024), 'The effects and mechanisms of deep straw incorporation and denitrifying bacterial agents on mitigating nitrate leaching and N2O emissions in four soil types in the North China Plain', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol 366 .
  • Lopezosa, P., Berdugo, M., Morales-Marquez, J., Pastor, E., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Bonet, A., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Soliveres, S. (2023), 'On the relative importance of resource availability and habitat connectivity as drivers of soil biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems', Journal of Ecology, vol 111, no 7 , pp 1455 - 1467.
  • Liu, H., Hall, M., Brettell, L., Wang, J., Halcroft, M., Nacko, S., Spooner-Hart, R., Cook, J., Riegler, M. and Singh, B. (2023), 'Microbial diversity in stingless bee gut is linked to host wing size and influenced by the environment', Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol 198 .
  • Fan, K., Chu, H., Eldridge, D., Gaitan, J., Liu, R., Sokoya, B., Wang, J., Hu, H., He, J., Sun, W., Cui, H., Alfaro, F., Abades, S., Bastida, F., Diaz-Lopez, M., Bamigboye, A., Berdugo, M., Blanco-Pastor, J., Grebenc, T., Duran, J., Illan, J., Makhalanyane, T., Mukherjee, A., Nahberger, T., Penaloza-Bojaca, G., Plaza, C., Verma, J., Rey, A., Rodriguez, A., Siebe, C., Teixido, A., Trivedi, P., Wang, L., Wang, J., Yang, T., Zhou, X., Zhou, X., Zaady, E., Tedersoo, L. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023), 'Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol 7, no 1 , pp 113 - 126.
  • Liu, H., Zhang, H., Powell, J., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Wang, J. and Singh, B. (2023), 'Warmer and drier ecosystems select for smaller bacterial genomes in global soils', iMeta, vol 2, no 1 .
  • Eldridge, D., Guirado, E., Reich, P., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Berdugo, M., Saez-Sandino, T., Saez Sandino, T., Blanco-Pastor, J., Tedersoo, L., Plaza, C., Ding, J., Sun, W., Mamet, S., Cui, H., He, J., Hu, H., Sokoya, B., Abades, S., Alfaro, F., Bamigboye, A., Bastida, F., de los Rios, A., Duran, J., Gaitan, J., Guerra, C., Grebenc, T., Illan, J., Liu, Y., Makhalanyane, T., Mallen-Cooper, M., Molina-Montenegro, M., Moreno, J., Nahberger, T., Penaloza-Bojaca, G., Pico, S., Rey, A., Rodriguez, A., Siebe, C., Teixido, A., Torres-Diaz, C., Trivedi, P., Wang, J., Wang, L., Wang, J., Yang, T., Zaady, E., Zhou, X., Zhou, X., Zhou, G., Liu, S. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023), 'The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services', Nature Geoscience, vol 16, no 5 , pp 430 - 438.
  • Liu, H., Wang, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Zhang, H., Li, J. and Singh, B. (2023), 'Crop microbiome responses to pathogen colonisation regulate the host plant defence', Plant and Soil, vol 488 , pp 1253 - 1272.
  • Liu, S., Plaza, C., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Trivedi, C., Wang, J., Trivedi, P., Zhou, G., Pineiro Nevado, J., Da Silva Carreira Martins, C., Singh, B. and Delgado Baquerizo, M. (2023), 'Litter and soil biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem functions', Global Change Biology, vol 29, no 22 , pp 6276 - 6285.
  • Li, J., Wang, J., Liu, H., Macdonald, C. and Singh, B. (2023), 'Microbial inoculants with higher capacity to colonize soils improved wheat drought tolerance', Microbial Biotechnology, vol 16, no 11 , pp 2131 - 2144.
  • Zhang, J., Feng, Y., Maestre, F., Berdugo, M., Wang, J., Coleine, C., Saez-Sandino, T., Garcia-Velazquez, L., Singh, B. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023), 'Water availability creates global thresholds in multidimensional soil biodiversity and functions', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol 7, no 7 , pp 1002 - 1011.
  • Bahadori, M., Chen, C., Lewis, S., Wang, J., Shen, J., Hou, E., Rashti, M., Huang, Q., Bainbridge, Z. and Stevens, T. (2023), 'The origin of suspended particulate matter in the Great Barrier Reef', Nature Communications, vol 14, no 1 .
  • Wu, F., Wang, Y. and Wang, J. (2023), 'Asymmetric responses of soil bacterial community and soil respiration to precipitation changes : a global meta-analysis', Land Degradation and Development, vol 34, no 7 , pp 1887 - 1896.
  • Saez-Sandino, T., Garcia-Palacios, P., Maestre, F., Plaza, C., Guirado, E., Singh, B., Wang, J., Cano-Diaz, C., Eisenhauer, N., Gallardo, A. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023), 'The soil microbiome governs the response of microbial respiration to warming across the globe', Nature Climate Change, vol 13, no 12 , pp 1382 - 1387.
  • Yan, Z., Wang, J., Liang, J., Batista, B., Liu, H., Xiong, C., Kaur, S., Macdonald, C. and Singh, B. (2023), 'Evidence of distinct response of soil viral community to a plant infection and the disease pathobiome', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, vol 2, no 4 , pp 382 - 387.
  • Hirekodathakal Jayaramaiah, R., Egidi, E., Macdonald, C., Wang, J., Jeffries, T., Megharaj, M. and Singh, B. (2022), 'Soil initial bacterial diversity and nutrient availability determine the rate of xenobiotic biodegradation', Microbial Biotechnology, vol 15, no 1 , pp 318 - 336.
  • Cano-Diaz, C., Maestre, F., Wang, J., Li, J., Singh, B., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B. and Delgado Baquerizo, M. (2022), 'Effects of vegetation on soil cyanobacterial communities through time and space', New Phytologist, vol 234, no 2 , pp 435 - 448.
  • Dacal, M., Garcia-Palacios, P., Asensio, S., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Maestre, F. (2022), 'Climate change legacies contrastingly affect the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities and multifunctionality to extreme drought', Functional Ecology, vol 36, no 4 , pp 908 - 920.
  • Feng, Y., Zhang, J., Berdugo, M., Guirado, E., Guerra, C., Egidi, E., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022), 'Temperature thresholds drive the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers', Global Change Biology, vol 28, no 8 , pp 2779 - 2789.
  • Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Xiao, Q. and Zhang, L. (2022), 'Archaea is more important than bacteria in driving soil stoichiometry in phosphorus deficient habitats', Science of the Total Environment, vol 827 .
  • Guerra, C., Berdugo, M., Eldridge, D., Eisenhauer, N., Singh, B., Cui, H., Abades, S., Alfaro, F., Bamigboye, A., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, J., de los Rios, A., Duran, J., Grebenc, T., Illan, J., Liu, Y., Makhalanyane, T., Mamet, S., Molina-Montenegro, M., Moreno, J., Mukherjee, A., Nahberger, T., Penaloza-Bojaca, G., Plaza, C., Pico, S., Verma, J., Rey, A., Rodriguez, A., Tedersoo, L., Teixido, A., Torres-Diaz, C., Trivedi, P., Wang, J., Wang, L., Wang, J., Zaady, E., Zhou, X., Zhou, X. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022), 'Global hotspots for soil nature conservation', Nature, vol 610, no 7933 , pp 693 - 698.
  • Liu, S., Garcia-Palacios, P., Tedersoo, L., Guirado, E., Van Der Heijden, M., Wagg, C., Chen, D., Wang, Q., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022), 'Phylotype diversity within soil fungal functional groups drives ecosystem stability', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol 6, no 7 , pp 900 - 909.
  • Qiu, Z., Verma, J., Liu, H., Wang, J., Batista, B., Kaur, S., Pereira, A., Macdonald, C., Macdonald, C., Trivedi, P., Weaver, T., Conaty, W., Tissue, D. and Singh, B. (2022), 'Response of the plant core microbiome to Fusarium oxysporum infection and identification of the pathobiome', Environmental Microbiology, vol 24, no 10 , pp 4652 - 4669.
  • Bazany, K., Wang, J., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Singh, B. and Trivedi, P. (2022), 'Water deficit affects inter-kingdom microbial connections in plant rhizosphere', Environmental Microbiology, vol 24, no 8 , pp 3722 - 3734.
  • Li, J., Wang, J., Liu, H., Macdonald, C. and Singh, B. (2022), 'Application of microbial inoculants significantly enhances crop productivity : a meta-analysis of studies from 2010 to 2020', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, vol 1, no 3 , pp 216 - 225.
  • Kaur, S., Egidi, E., Qiu, Z., Macdonald, C., Verma, J., Trivedi, P., Wang, J., Liu, H. and Singh, B. (2022), 'Synthetic community improves crop performance and alters rhizosphere microbial communities', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, vol 1, no 2 , pp 118 - 131.
  • Bazany, K., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Thompson, A., Wang, J., Otto, K., Adair Jr., R., Borch, T., Leach, J. and Trivedi, P. (2022), 'Management-induced shifts in rhizosphere bacterial communities contribute to the control of pathogen causing citrus greening disease', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, vol 1, no 4 , pp 275 - 286.
  • Zhang, Y., Liu, F., Wang, J., Hu, H., He, J. and Zhang, L. (2022), 'Effect of straw incorporation and nitrification inhibitor on nitrous oxide emission in three cropland soils', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, vol 1, no 2 , pp 132 - 141.
  • Bahadori, M., Wang, J., Shen, J., Lewis, S., Rezaei Rashti, M. and Chen, C. (2022), 'Soil organic matter and geochemical characteristics shape microbial community composition and structure across different land uses in an Australian wet tropical catchment', Land Degradation and Development, vol 33, no 6 , pp 817 - 831.
  • Eldridge, D., Travers, S., Val, J., Ding, J., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Delgado Baquerizo, M. (2021), 'Experimental evidence of strong relationships between soil microbial communities and plant germination', Journal of Ecology, vol 109, no 6 , pp 2488 - 2498.
  • Fernandez-Alonso, M., Rodriguez, A., Garcia-Velazquez, L., Santos, E., Almeida, L., Lafuente, A., Wang, J., Singh, B., Fangueiro, D. and Duran, J. (2021), 'Integrative effects of increasing aridity and biotic cover on soil attributes and functioning in coastal dune ecosystems', Geoderma, vol 390 .
  • Pereira, A., Santana, M., Zagatto, M., Brandani, C., Wang, J., Verma, J., Singh, B. and Cardoso, E. (2021), 'Nitrogen-fixing trees in mixed forest systems regulate the ecology of fungal community and phosphorus cycling', Science of the Total Environment, vol 758 .
  • Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Gross, N., Saiz, H., Maestre, F., Ruiz, S., Dacal, M., Asensio, S., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Cornelissen, J., Deschamps, L., Garcia, C., Maire, V., Milla, R., Salinas, N., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Garcia-Palacios, P. (2021), 'Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol 118, no 7 .
  • Santana, M., Pereira, A., De Souza, A., Zagatto, M., De Araujo, V., Wang, J., Verma, J., Singh, B. and Cardoso, E. (2021), 'Shifts on archaeal community structure in pure and mixed Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium plantations', Forest Ecology and Management, vol 492 .
  • Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D., Liu, Y., Sokoya, B., Wang, J., Hu, H., He, J., Bastida, F., Moreno, J., Bamigboye, A., Blanco-Pastor, J., Cano-Diaz, C., Illan, J., Makhalanyane, T., Siebe, C., Trivedi, P., Zaady, E., Verma, J., Wang, L., Wang, J., Grebenc, T., Penaloza-Bojaca, G., Nahberger, T., Teixido, A., Zhou, X., Berdugo, M., Duran, J., Rodriguez, A., Zhou, X., Alfaro, F., Abades, S., Plaza, C., Rey, A., Singh, B., Tedersoo, L. and Fierer, N. (2021), 'Global homogenization of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces', Science Advances, vol 7, no 28 .
  • Wang, J., Shen, J., Zhang, L., Singh, B., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Hu, H., Han, L., Wei, W., Fang, Y. and He, J. (2021), 'Generalist taxa shape fungal community structure in cropping ecosystems', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol 12 .
  • Liu, Y., Eldridge, D., Zeng, X., Wang, J., Singh, B. and Delgado Baquerizo, M. (2021), 'Global diversity and ecological drivers of lichenised soil fungi', New Phytologist, vol 231, no 3 , pp 1210 - 1219.
  • Ding, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Wang, J. and Eldridge, D. (2021), 'Ecosystem functions are related to tree diversity in forests but soil biodiversity in open woodlands and shrublands', Journal of Ecology, vol 109, no 12 , pp 4158 - 4170.
  • Ge, A., Liang, Z., Xiao, J., Zhang, Y., Zeng, Q., Xiong, C., Xiong, C., Han, L., Wang, J. and Zhang, L. (2021), 'Microbial assembly and association network in watermelon rhizosphere after soil fumigation for Fusarium wilt control', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol 312 .
  • Han, B., Mo, L., Fang, Y., Di, H., Wang, J., Shen, J. and Zhang, L. (2021), 'Rates and microbial communities of denitrification and anammox across coastal tidal flat lands and inland paddy soils in East China', Applied Soil Ecology, vol 157 .
  • Eldridge, D., Travers, S., Val, J., Wang, J., Liu, H., Singh, B. and Delgado Baquerizo, M. (2020), 'Grazing regulates the spatial heterogeneity of soil microbial communities within ecological networks', Ecosystems, vol 23 , pp 932 - 942.
  • Delgado Baquerizo, M., Reich, P., Trivedi, C., Eldridge, D., Abades, S., Alfaro, F., Bastida, F., Berhe, A., Cutler, N., Gallardo, A., Garcia-Velazquez, L., Hart, S., Hayes, P., He, J., Hseu, Z., Hu, H., Kirchmair, M., Neuhauser, S., Perez, C., Reed, S., Santos, F., Sullivan, B., Trivedi, P., Wang, J., Weber-Grullon, L., Williams, M. and Singh, B. (2020), 'Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol 4, no 2 , pp 210 - 220.
  • Delgado Baquerizo, M., Guerra, C., Cano-Diaz, C., Egidi, E., Wang, J., Eisenhauer, N., Singh, B. and Maestre, F. (2020), 'The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale', Nature Climate Change, vol 10 , pp 550 - 554.
  • Zhang, Y., Hu, H., Chen, Q., Yan, H., Wang, J., Chen, D. and He, J. (2020), 'Manure application did not enrich antibiotic resistance genes in root endophytic bacterial microbiota of cherry radish plants', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol 86, no 2 .
  • Qiu, Z., Wang, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Trivedi, P., Egidi, E., Chen, Y., Zhang, H. and Singh, B. (2020), 'Plant microbiomes : do different preservation approaches and primer sets alter our capacity to assess microbial diversity and community composition?', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol 11 .
  • Garcia-Velazquez, L., Rodriguez, A., Gallardo, A., Maestre, F., Santos, E., Lafuente, A., Fernandez-Alonso, M., Singh, B., Wang, J. and Duran, J. (2020), 'Climate and soil micro-organisms drive soil phosphorus fractions in coastal dune systems', Functional Ecology, vol 34, no 8 , pp 1690 - 1701.
  • Delgado Baquerizo, M., Doulcier, G., Eldridge, D., Stouffer, D., Maestre, F., Wang, J., Powell, J., Jeffries, T. and Singh, B. (2020), 'Increases in aridity lead to drastic shifts in the assembly of dryland complex microbial networks', Land Degradation and Development, vol 31, no 3 , pp 346 - 355.
  • Du, S., Shen, J., Hu, H., Wang, J., Han, L., Sheng, R., Wei, W., Fang, Y., Zhu, Y., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2020), 'Large-scale patterns of soil antibiotic resistome in Chinese croplands', Science of the Total Environment, vol 712 .
  • Zheng, Y., Ji, N., Wu, B., Wang, J., Hu, H., Guo, L. and He, J. (2020), 'Climatic factors have unexpectedly strong impacts on soil bacterial ?-diversity in 12 forest ecosystems', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol 142 .
  • Bottrill, D., Ogbourne, S., Citerne, N., Smith, T., Farrar, M., Hu, H., Omidvar, N., Wang, J., Burton, J., Kamper, W. and Bai, S. (2020), 'Short-term application of mulch, roundup and organic herbicides did not affect soil microbial biomass or bacterial and fungal diversity', Chemosphere, vol 244 .
  • Zeng, Z., Kong, L., Wang, M. and Wang, J. (2020), 'Effects of remoulding and wetting-drying-freezing-thawing cycles on the pore structures of Yanji mudstones', Cold Regions Science and Technology, vol 174 .
  • Yuan, C., Zhang, L., Wang, J., Teng, W., Hu, H., Shen, J. and He, J. (2020), 'Limited effects of depth (0-80 cm) on communities of archaea, bacteria and fungi in paddy soil profiles', European Journal of Soil Science, vol 71, no 5 , pp 955 - 966.
  • Shi, X., Wang, J., Muller, C., Hu, H., He, J., Wang, J. and Huang, Z. (2020), 'Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium dominates soil nitrate retention capacity in subtropical forests', Biology and Fertility of Soils, vol 56, no 6 , pp 785 - 797.
  • Pereira, A., Durrer, A., Gumiere, T., Goncalves, J., Robin, A., Bouillet, J., Wang, J., Verma, J., Singh, B. and Cardoso, E. (2019), 'Mixed Eucalyptus plantations induce changes in microbial communities and increase biological functions in the soil and litter layers', Forest Ecology and Management, vol 433 , pp 332 - 342.
  • Egidi, E., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Plett, J., Wang, J., Eldridge, D., Bardgett, R., Maestre, F. and Singh, B. (2019), 'A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide', Nature Communications, vol 10, no 1 .
  • Li, J., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Wang, J., Hu, H., Cai, Z., Zhu, Y. and Singh, B. (2019), 'Fungal richness contributes to multifunctionality in boreal forest soil', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol 136 .
  • Wang, J., Egidi, E., Li, J. and Singh, B. (2019), 'Linking microbial diversity with ecosystem functioning through a trait framework', Journal of Biosciences, vol 44 .
  • Zhao, Z., He, J., Geisen, S., Han, L., Wang, J., Shen, J., Wei, W., Fang, Y., Li, P. and Zhang, L. (2019), 'Protist communities are more sensitive to nitrogen fertilization than other microorganisms in diverse agricultural soils', Microbiome, vol 7, no 1 .
  • Zhang, Y., Hu, H., Yan, H., Wang, J., Lam, S., Chen, Q., Chen, D. and He, J. (2019), 'Salinity as a predominant factor modulating the distribution patterns of antibiotic resistance genes in ocean and river beach soils', Science of the Total Environment, vol 668 , pp 193 - 203.
  • Han, L., Wang, Q., Shen, J., Di, H., Wang, J., Wei, W., Fang, Y., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2019), 'Multiple factors drive the abundance and diversity of the diazotrophic community in typical farmland soils of China', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol 95, no 8 .
  • Li, J., Wang, J., Hu, H., Cai, Z., Lei, Y., Li, W., Zhang, M., Li, Z., Zhu, Y. and Cui, L. (2019), 'Changes of the denitrifying communities in a multi-stage free water surface constructed wetland', Science of the Total Environment, vol 650, no 1 , pp 1419 - 1425.
  • Li, J., Hu, H., Cai, Z., Lei, Y., Zhang, M., Li, W. and Wang, J. (2019), 'Contrasting soil bacterial and fungal communities between the swamp and upland in the boreal forest and their biogeographic distribution patterns', Wetlands, vol 39, no 3 , pp 441 - 451.
  • Yuan, C., Zhang, L., Wang, J., Hu, H., Shen, J., Cao, P. and He, J. (2019), 'Distributions and environmental drivers of archaea and bacteria in paddy soils', Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol 19, no 1 , pp 23 - 37.
  • Zeng, Z., Kong, L. and Wang, J. (2019), 'The deformation and permeability of Yanji mudstone under cyclic loading and unloading', Journal of Mountain Science, vol 16, no 12 , pp 2907 - 2919.
  • Veresoglou, S., Liu, L., Xu, T., Rillig, M., Wang, M., Wang, J., Chen, Y., Hu, Y., Hao, Z. and Chen, B. (2019), 'Biogeographical constraints in Glomeromycotinan distribution across forest habitats in China', Journal of Ecology, vol 107, no 2 , pp 684 - 695.
  • Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, L. and Wang, J. (2019), 'Succession of soil fungal and bacterial communities in a typical chronosequence of abandoned agricultural lands', Shengtai Xuebao, vol 39, no 8 , pp 2715 - 2722.
  • Liu, D., Liu, G., Chen, L., Wang, J. and Zhang, L. (2018), 'Soil pH determines fungal diversity along an elevation gradient in Southwestern China', Science China. Life Sciences, vol 61, no 6 , pp 718 - 726.
  • Gou, M., Hu, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Hayden, H., Tang, Y. and He, J. (2018), 'Aerobic composting reduces antibiotic resistance genes in cattle manure and the resistome dissemination in agricultural soils', Science of The Total Environment, vol 612 , pp 1300 - 1310.
  • Zeng, J., Shen, J., Wang, J., Hu, H., Zhang, C., Bai, R., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2018), 'Impacts of projected climate warming and wetting on soil microbial communities in alpine grassland ecosystems of the Tibetan plateau', Microbial Ecology, vol 75, no 4 , pp 1009 - 1023.
  • Yuan, C., Zhang, L., Hu, H., Wang, J., Shen, J. and He, J. (2018), 'The biogeography of fungal communities in paddy soils is mainly driven by geographic distance', Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol 18, no 5 , pp 1795 - 1805.
  • Zhang, C., Yang, Z., Shen, J., Sun, Y., Wang, J., Han, H., Wan, S., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2018), 'Impacts of long-term nitrogen addition, watering and mowing on ammonia oxidizers, denitrifiers and plant communities in a temperate steppe', Applied Soil Ecology, vol 130 , pp 241 - 250.
  • Zhang, Y., Hu, H., Gou, M., Wang, J., Chen, D. and He, J. (2017), 'Temporal succession of soil antibiotic resistance genes following application of swine, cattle and poultry manures spiked with or without antibiotics', Environmental Pollution, vol 231 , pp 1621 - 1632.
  • Hu, H., Wang, J., Li, J., Shi, X., Ma, Y., Chen, D. and He, J. (2017), 'Long-term nickel contamination increases the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils', Environmental Science and Technology, vol 51, no 2 , pp 790 - 800.
  • Bai, R., Wang, J., Deng, Y., He, J., Feng, K. and Zhang, L. (2017), 'Microbial community and functional structure significantly varied among distinct types of paddy soils but responded differently along gradients of soil depth layers', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol 8 .
  • Shi, X., Hu, H., Zhu-Barker, X., Hayden, H., Wang, J., Suter, H., Chen, D. and He, J. (2017), 'Nitrifier-induced denitrification is an important source of soil nitrous oxide and can be inhibited by a nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate', Environmental Microbiology, vol 19, no 12 , pp 4851 - 4865.
  • Nazir, R., Shen, J., Wang, J., Hu, H. and He, J. (2017), 'Fungal networks serve as novel ecological routes for enrichment and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes as exhibited by microcosm experiments', Scientific Reports, vol 7, no 1 .
  • Han, L., Wang, J., Yang, S., Chen, W., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2017), 'Temporal dynamics of fungal communities in soybean rhizosphere', Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol 17, no 2 , pp 491 - 498.
  • Long, X., Shen, J., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Di, H. and He, J. (2017), 'Contrasting response of two grassland soils to N addition and moisture levels : N2O emission and functional gene abundance', Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol 17, no 2 , pp 384 - 392.
  • Han, L., Yu, D., Zhang, L., Wang, J. and He, J. (2017), 'Unique community structure of viruses in a glacier soil of the Tianshan Mountains, China', Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol 17, no 3 , pp 852 - 860.
  • Li, J., Liu, Y., Cui, L., Hu, H., Wang, J. and He, J. (2017), 'Copper pollution increases the resistance of soil archaeal community to changes in water regime', Microbial Ecology, vol 74, no 4 , pp 877 - 887.
  • Zhang, C., Shen, J., Sun, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Yang, Z., Han, H., Wan, S. and He, J. (2017), 'Interactive effects of multiple climate change factors on ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers in a temperate steppe', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol 93, no 4 .
  • Hu, H., Wang, J., Li, J., Li, J., Ma, Y., Chen, D. and He, J. (2016), 'Field-based evidence for copper contamination induced changes of antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils', Environmental Microbiology, vol 18, no 11 , pp 3896 - 3909.
  • Wang, J., Zheng, Y., Hu, H., Li, J., Zhang, L., Chen, B., Chen, W. and He, J. (2016), 'Coupling of soil prokaryotic diversity and plant diversity across latitudinal forest ecosystems', Scientific Reports, vol 6 .
  • Hu, H., Han, X., Shi, X., Wang, J., Han, L., Chen, D. and He, J. (2016), 'Temporal changes of antibiotic-resistance genes and bacterial communities in two contrasting soils treated with cattle manure', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol 92, no 2 .
  • Zeng, J., Lou, K., Zhang, C., Wang, J., Hu, H., Shen, J., Zhang, L., Han, L., Zhang, T., Lin, Q., Chalk, P. and He, J. (2016), 'Primary succession of nitrogen cycling microbial communities along the deglaciated forelands of Tianshan Mountain, China', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol 7 .
  • Han, X., Hu, H., Shi, X., Wang, J., Han, L., Chen, D. and He, J. (2016), 'Impacts of reclaimed water irrigation on soil antibiotic resistome in urban parks of Victoria, Australia', Environmental Pollution, vol 211 , pp 48 - 57.
  • Cao, P., Wang, J., Hu, H., Zheng, Y., Ge, Y., Shen, J. and He, J. (2016), 'Environmental filtering process has more important roles than dispersal limitation in shaping large-scale prokaryotic beta diversity patterns of grassland soils', Microbial Ecology, vol 72, no 1 , pp 221 - 230.
  • Wu, F., Wang, J., Yang, J., Li, J. and Zheng, Y. (2016), 'Does arsenic play an important role in the soil microbial community around a typical arsenic mining area?', Environmental Pollution, vol 213 , pp 949 - 956.
  • Li, J., Wang, J., Hu, H., Ma, Y., Zhang, L. and He, J. (2016), 'Copper pollution decreases the resistance of soil microbial community to subsequent dry-rewetting disturbance', Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol 39 , pp 155 - 164.
  • Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhang, Q., Wang, J., Han, L., Zeng, J. and He, J. (2016), 'Longitudinal occurrence of methylmercury in terrestrial ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau', Environmental Pollution, vol 218 , pp 1342 - 1349.

Current Projects

Title: Crop pathogens in agriculture and Horticulture
Funder:
  • Bioscience Pty Ltd
Western Researchers: Brajesh Singh and Juntao Wang
Years: 2021-08-31 - 2026-08-31
ID: P00027627
Title: Novel bio-based and agronomic solutions for effective management of key root pathogens - increasing farm profitability
Funder:
  • Future Food Systems Limited CRC
Western Researchers: Brajesh Singh, Juntao Wang, Eleonora Egidi and Catriona Macdonald
Years: 2022-08-01 - 2026-08-01
ID: P00028110

Previous Projects

Title: Biological based products for improved cotton production
Funder:
  • Cotton Research & Development Corporation (ACRG)
Western Researchers: Brajesh Singh, Catriona Macdonald and Juntao Wang
Years: 2018-07-01 - 2022-08-31
ID: P00024560

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