Zucong Cai

Nanjing Normal University — China

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(85), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(39), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(21), Soil and Unsaturated Flow(15), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics(14)

Publications127 total

Coumarins mediate the effects of plant diversity on soil microbial community structure and interaction across diverse soils
Applied Soil Ecology·2025
The rhizosphere is not always the expected hotspot for nitrous oxide emissions in tea-planted soils
European Journal of Agronomy·2025
Endomycorrhizal fungi improve soil nitrogen transformation rates and nitrogen uptake rates of nitrate-preferring plant
Journal of Soils and Sediments·2025
Effects of warming and elevated CO2 on gross nitrogen dynamics and N2O emissions disappeared under combined treatment in waterlogged paddy soils
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2025· 1 cited
Soil Nutrient Enrichment Induces Trade‐Offs in Bacterial Life‐History Strategies Promoting Plant Productivity
Advanced Science·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Soil nitrogen dynamics regulate differential nitrogen uptake between rice and upland crops
Journal of Integrative Agriculture·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Global Land Use Change Impacts on Soil Nitrogen Availability and Environmental Losses
Environmental Science & Technology·2025· 1 cited
Iron plays critical roles in nitrogen retention and removal in soils and sediments
Earth-Science Reviews·2025· 2 cited
Priming effect of labile carbon on the decomposition of recalcitrant nitrogen via heterotrophic nitrification in a subtropical acidic forest soil
Geoderma·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Global climate changes decoupled soil nitrogen mineralization and immobilization
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Nitrate Source Contribution and Transport Pathway Influenced by Slope Landscapes in Hilly-Mountainous Watersheds
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
pH threshold in controlling dominant nitrification pathway in acidic soils
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2024· 9 cited
Integrative knowledge-based nitrogen management practices can provide positive effects on ecosystem nitrogen retention
Nature Food·2023· 78 cited
Global patterns of soil available N production by mineralization-immobilization turnover in the tropical forest ecosystems
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 2 cited
Global patterns and controls of yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 27 cited
<b>Integrative knowledge-based nitrogen management practices can provide positive effects on ecosystem nitrogen retention for sustainable agriculture</b>
Figshare·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
<strong>Global positive effects of commonly used knowledge-based practices on soil nitrogen retention for sustainable agriculture</strong>
Figshare·2023Open Access
Global positive effects of commonly used knowledge-based practices on ecosystem nitrogen retention for sustainable agriculture
Figshare·2023Open Access
Expanding agroforestry can increase nitrate retention and mitigate the global impact of a leaky nitrogen cycle in croplands
Nature Food·2022· 128 citedOpen Access
Biochar application can mitigate NH3 volatilization in acidic forest and upland soils but stimulates gaseous N losses in flooded acidic paddy soil
The Science of The Total Environment·2022· 17 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Jinbo Zhang(10), Hua Xu(9), Haruo Tsuruta(8), Kazuyuki Yagi(7), Weixin Ding(7), Weixin Ding(6), Tongbin Zhu(6), Christoph Müller(5), Yi Cheng(5), Xiaoyuan Yan(4), Lei Meng(4), Xunhua Zheng(4), Jing Ma(4), Jianguo Zhu(3), Zhongjun Jia(3), Hou‐Yong Yu(3), Yuhua Shan(3), Ahmed S. Elrys(3), Scott X. Chang(3), Man Lang(3)