Areas of Focus
- Conservation agriculture models and carbon reduction
- Low-carbon farming and agricultural carbon neutrality
- Green low-carbon agriculture and sustainable development
- Meta-analysis in agricultural research
Work Experience
- Current - Associate Professor at China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-2017: PhD in Crop Cultivation and Farming, China Agricultural University
- 2008-2012: Bachelor of Agronomy, China Agricultural University
Publications
- Management-induced changes in soil organic carbon and related crop yield dynamics in China's cropland, Xin Zhao
- Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective, Xin Zhao
- Responses of soil pH to no‐till and the factors affecting it: A global meta‐analysis, Xin Zhao
- Improving soil aggregates stability and soil organic carbon sequestration by no-till and legume-based crop rotations in the North China Plain, Xin Zhao
- Greenhouse gas emissions from the wheat-maize cropping system under different tillage and crop residue management practices in the North China Plain, Xin Zhao
- Management-induced greenhouse gases emission mitigation in global rice production, Xin Zhao
- Simultaneous effects of legume cultivation on carbon and nitrogen accumulation in soil, Xin Zhao
- Dynamics in soil organic carbon of wheat-maize dominant cropping system in the North China Plain under tillage and residue management, Xin Zhao
- Effects of different tillage systems and cropping sequences on soil physicochemical properties and greenhouse gas emissions, Xin Zhao
Awards
- 2022: Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress Award
- Shennong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award for Excellent Innovation Team
- Creation and Application of a Cultivation Technology System for Maize in Response to Climate Warming and Drying in Northeast China