Yuan Wen

Yuan Wen is an associate professor at the College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bangor University in the UK and a PhD student at University of Goettingen in Germany. A major focus of her research is on understanding below-ground processes with specific focus on carbon sequestration and GHG mitigation in Agroecosystems, soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, and crop-soil-microbial systems.

1.        Wen, Y. ^*, Freeman, B., Hunt, D., Musarika, S., Zang, H., Marsden, K.A., Evans, C.D., Chadwick, D.R., Jones, D.J., 2021. Live-stock induced N₂O emissions may limit the benefits of converting cropland to grazed grassland as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for agricultural peatlands. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, in press.

2.        Ma, Q., Kuzyakov, Y., Pan, W., Tang, S., Chadwick, D.R., Hill, P.W., Wen, Y., Macdonald, A., Ge, T., Si, L., Wu, L.^*, Jones, D.L., 2021.Substrate control of sulphur utilisation and microbial stoichiometry in soil: Results of ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁴C, and ³⁵S quad labelling. The ISME Journal, in press. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00999-7

3.        Zhou, J., Wen, Y., Marshall, M., Zhao, J., Gui, H., Yang, Y., Zeng, Z., Jones, D.L., Zang, H.^*, 2021. Microplastics as an emerging threat to plant and soil health in agroecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 787: 147444. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147444

4.        Zhou, J., Wen, Y., Shi, L., Marshall, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Blagodatskaya, E., Zang, H.^*, 2021.Strong priming of soil organic matter induced by frequent input of labile carbon. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 152: 108069. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108069

5.        Zhou, J., Gui, H., Banfield, C., Wen, Y., Zang, H.^*, Dippold, M., Charlton, A., Jones, D.L., 2021 The microplastisphere: Biodegradable microplastics addition alters soil microbial community structure and function.Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 156: 108211. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108211

6.        Wen, Y., Freeman, B., Ma, Q., Chadwick, D.R., Evans, C.D., Zang H., Jones, D.L., 2020.Raising the groundwater table in the non-growing season can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maintain crop productivity in cultivated fen peats. Journal of Cleaner Production, 262: 121179. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121179

7.        Wen, Y.^*, Zang H., Ma, Q., Freeman, B., Chadwick, D.R., Evans, C.D., Jones, D.L., 2020. Impact of water table levels and winter cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated peat soils. Science of the Total Environment, 719: 135130.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135130

8.        Zang, H., Zhou, J., Marshall, M., Chadwick, D.R., Wen, Y.^*, Jones, D.L., 2020. Microplastics in the agroecosystem: Are they an emerging threat to the plant-soil system? Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 148: 107926. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107926

9.        Wu, G., Chen, X.M., Ling, J., Li, F., Li, F.Y., Peixoto, L., Wen, Y.^*, Zhou, S.L.^*, 2020.Science of The Total Environment, 734: 139269. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139269

10.    Ma, Q., Wen, Y., Wang, D., Sun, X., Hill, P.W., Macdonald, A., Chadwick, D.R., Wu, L.^*, Jones, D.L., 2020. Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 144: 107760.DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107760

11.    Ma, Q., Wen, Y., Ma, J., Macdonald, A., Hill, P.W., Chadwick, D.R., Wu, L.^*, Jones, D.L., 2020. Long-term farmyard manure application affects soil organic phosphorus cycling: A combined metagenomic and 33P/14C labelling approach. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 149: 107959. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107959

12.    Ma, Q., Wen, Y., Pan, W., Macdonald, A., Hill, P.W., Chadwick, D.R., Wu, L.^*, Jones, D.L., 2020. Soil carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur status affects the metabolism of organic S but not its uptake by microorganisms.Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 149: 107943. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107943

13.    Zang H.^*, Blagodatskaya, E., Wen, Y., Shi, L., Chen, H.Q., Zhao, B.Q., Zhang, F.S., Fan, M.S., Kuzyakov, L., 2020. Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter mineralization decreases with long-term N fertilization: Evidence from four Q₁₀ estimation approaches. Land Degradation & Development, 31 (6).DOI:  10.1002/ldr.3496

14.     Ma, Q., Luo, Y., Wen, Y., Hill, P.W., Chadwick, D.R., Wu, L.^*, Jones, D.L., 2020.Carbon and sulphur tracing from soil organic sulphur in plants and soil microorganisms. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 150: 107971.DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107971

15.    Wen, Y., Zang H.^*, Freeman, B., Musarika, S., Evans, C.D., Chadwick, D.R., Jones, D.L., 2019. Microbial utilization of low molecular weight organic carbon substrates in cultivated peats in response to warming and soil degradation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 139: 107629. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107629

16.    Wen, Y.^*, Zang, H., Freeman, B., Ma, Q, Chadwick, D.R., Jones, D.L., 2019. Rye cover crop incorporation and high water table mitigation greenhouse gas emissions in cultivated peatland. Land Degradation & Development, 30: 1928–1938.DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3390

17.    Wen, Y.^*, Zang, H., Ma, Q., Evans, C.D., Chadwick, D.R., Jones, D.L., 2019. Is the ‘enzyme latch’ or ‘iron gate’ the key to protecting soil organic carbon in peatlands. Geoderma, 349: 107-113. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.04. 023

18.    Shi, L.L.^#, Wen, Y.^#, Yang, Z.J., Zang, H.D., Gui, H., Zou, X.M., Mortimer, P.^*, 2018. Dominant tree species identity effects on soil fungi are context dependent. Mycosphere, 9(4): 790-802. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/9/4/7

19.    Zang, H., Qian, X., Wen, Y., Hu, Y., Ren, C., Zeng, Z.^*, Guo, L., Wang, C., 2018. Contrasting carbon and nitrogen rhizodeposition patterns of soya bean (Glycine max L.) and oat (Avena nuda L.) European Journal of Soil Science, 55: 423-434. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12556

20.    Wen, Y.^*,Corre, M.D., Rachow, C., Chen, L., Veldkamp, E., 2017. Nitrous oxide emissions from stems of alder, beech and spruce in a temperate forest. Plant and Soil, 420: 423-434. DOI:10.1007/s11104-017-3416-5

21.    Wen, Y.^*, Corre, M.D., Schrell, W., Veldkamp, E., 2017. Gross N₂O emission and gross N₂O uptake in soils under temperate spruce and beech forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 112: 228-236. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.011

22.    Zang, H.^*, Blagodatskaya, E., Wen, Y., Xu, X., Dyckmans, J., Kuzyakov, Y., 2017. Carbon sequestration and turnover in soil under the energy crop Miscanthus: repeated ¹³C natural abundance approach and literature synthesis. GCB Bioenergy, 10: 262-271. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12485

23.    Wen, Y.^#, Chen, Z.^#, Dannenmann, M., Carminati, A., Willibald, G., Kiese, R., Wolf, B., Veldkamp, E., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Corre, M.D.^*, 2016. Disentangling gross N₂O production and consumption in soil. Scientific Reports, 6: 36517.DOI: 10.1038/srep36517

24.    Wen, Y., Schuler, J.L., Liu, S.^*, Mou, P., Wang, H., Yu, H., Wang, J., 2016. Soil carbon dynamics in a Pinus massoniana plantation following clear-cutting and slash removal. Journal of Plant Ecology, 9: 20-29. DOI:10.1093/jpe/rtv030

25.    Wang, H., Liu, S.^*, Chang, S.X., Wang, J., Shi, Z., Huang, X., Wen, Y., Lu, L., Cai, D., 2015. Soil microbial community composition rather than litter quality is linked with soil organic carbon chemical composition in plantations in subtropical China. Journal of Soils Sediments, 15: 1094-1103. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1118-2

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