Junjie Li, Zhongyi Qu, Liping Wang, Gerile Hasi, Ruxin Zhang, Dongliang Zhang (2026). Pore evolution and infiltration mechanisms under freezing saline water irrigation: Cross-scale evidence from X-ray CT and stable isotopes. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
S Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Xiaoyu Gao, Dongliang Zhang (2026). Modeling Sunflower Root Water Uptake Under Soil Water and Salinity Conditions Across Soil Depths. Agriculture.DOI
Junjie Li, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Gerile Hasi, Liping Wang, Ruxin Zhang, Dongliang Zhang (2026). Soil water and salt migration characteristics under freezing saline water irrigation: An isotope tracing and phase analysis perspective. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Yibo Zhao, Wei Yang, Dongliang Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Ruxin Zhang (2026). Synergistic effects of biochar and deficit irrigation on soil properties and organic carbon fractions in arid sunflower farmlands. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Ruxin Zhang, Wei Yang, Liping Wang, Yuting Shi, Xiaomin Zhang, Fenglin Shi, Xianyue Li, Zhongyi Qu (2026). Subsoil tillage boosts sorghum yield in saline-alkali soils by alleviating constraints on root growth through integrated soil improvement. Journal of Environmental Management.DOI
Chao Ma, Ranran Zhou, Yiwei Shang, Yule Sun, Ai Wang, Lei Wang, Xueru Pan, Prashanth Prasanna, Tao Tang, Zhongyi Qu (2026). Co-application of biochar and microalgae improves soil quality and crop performance in saline-alkali soils. Environmental Technology & Innovation.DOI
Junjie Li, Zhongyi Qu, Liping Wang, Pengcheng Tang, Xiaoyu Gao, Gerile Hasi, Dongliang Zhang (2026). Soil function reshaping and crop yield driving mechanisms in saline-alkali soil under freezing saline water irrigation. Frontiers in Plant Science.DOI
Xi Zhang, Wei Yang, Dongliang Zhang, Yuting Shi, Shaopan Xia, Liping Wang, Xianyue Li, Ruxin Zhang, Zhongyi Qu (2026). Regulation of rhizosphere bacterial communities and physiological phenotypes in maize by biochar under deficit irrigation. BMC Plant Biology.DOI
Junjie Li, Zhongyi Qu, Gerile Hasi, Wei Yang, Ruxin Zhang, Liping Wang, Dongliang Zhang (2026). The interaction between soil functions and microorganisms during the freezing saline water irrigation. Journal of Environmental Management.DOI
Min Hu, Yue Li, Yao Zhang, Zhongyi Qu (2026). Comparative Effects of Amendment Practices on Soil Quality, Crop Productivity, and Ecosystem Services in Arid Saline–Alkali Farmland: A Three-Year Field Study. Agronomy.DOI
En-Liang Ren, Ru-Xin Zhang, Yanhong Wang, Li Wang, Xuanhao Qiu, Zhongyi Qu (2026). Modified Fly Ash Regulates Enzyme Stoichiometry and Alleviates Microbial carbon-phosphorus Limitation in saline-alkali Soils. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition.DOI
Zhe Xu, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Saline Soil Management and Improvement Protection Strategies Based on Sustainable Agricultural Development Goals. Sustainability, Vol. 17, No. 8.DOI
Junjie Li, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Liping Wang, Ruxin Zhang, Dongliang Zhang (2025). Characteristics of soil water-heat-salt coupling and crop response relationships in saline soils under freezing saline water irrigation. Journal Of Environmental Management, Vol. 373.DOI
Yule Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Ze Miao, Shaodong Yang, Quanming Liu, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Season-Specific CNN and TVDI Approach for Soil Moisture and Irrigation Monitoring in the Hetao Irrigation District, China. Agriculture.DOI
Yibo Zhao, Wei Yang, Zhongyi Qu, Liping Wang, Yixuan Yang, Yusheng Hao (2025). Regulation of CH4 and N2O Emissions by Biochar Application in a Salt-Affected Sorghum Farmland. Agriculture.DOI
Qi Liu, Xiaolong Hu, Yiqiang Zhang, Liangsheng Shi, Liping Wang, Yixuan Yang, Jiawen Shen, Jiong Zhu, Dongliang Zhang, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Assimilating UAV observations and crop model simulations for dynamic estimation of crop water stress. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Yule Sun, Quanming Liu, Chunjuan Wang, Qi Liu, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Improving Soil Moisture Estimation by Integrating Remote Sensing Data into HYDRUS-1D Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach. Agriculture.DOI
Qi Liu, Xiaolong Hu, Yiqiang Zhang, Liangsheng Shi, Wei Yang, Yixuan Yang, Ruxin Zhang, Dongliang Zhang, Ze Miao, Yifan Wang, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Improving maize water stress diagnosis accuracy by integrating multimodal UAVs data and leaf area index inversion model. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Ruxin Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Dongliang Zhang, Shaopan Xia, Junjie Li, Enliang Ren (2025). Biochar single addition improves sunflower water-deficit tolerance by optimizing chlorophyll a fluorescence and seed nutritional quality. Plant and Soil.DOI
Yule Sun, Liping Wang, Zuting Liu, Yonglin Jia, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Impact of a Saline Soil Improvement Project on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Groundwater Dynamic Field and Hydrodynamic Process Simulation in the Hetao Irrigation District. Agronomy.DOI
Pingru He, Jingang Li, Jing Chen, Dan Chen, Xiaoping Dai, Ahmed Elsayed Abdelghany, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Impact of alternate irrigation with reclaimed water and saline water according to sunflower growth period on plant and grain development. Field Crops Research.DOI
Yonglin Jia, Yule Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Wei Yang, Jiayin Pang, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Straw Biochar in Arid Regions of Northwest China: Evidence from Field Experiments. Agronomy.DOI
Wei Yang, Yibo Zhao, Ruxin Zhang, Liping Wang, Yixuan Yang, Shaopan Xia, Yonglin Jia, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Two-fifths organic substitution reduces yield-scaled footprint and enhances net ecosystem carbon budget of sorghum production in saline-alkali soil. Environmental Technology & Innovation.DOI
Chao Ma, Zhe Xu, Wei Yang, Tao Tang, Qi Liu, Dongliang Zhang, Prashanth Prasanna, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Co-application of microalgae and biochar increases yield and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in saline-alkali soil. Field Crops Research.DOI
Chao Ma, Zhe Xu, Wei Yang, Qi Liu, Prashanth Prasanna, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Co-application of microalgae and biochar to achieve yield enhancement and climate change mitigation in saline-alkali soil.DOI
Ruxin Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Liping Wang, Wei Yang, Dongliang Zhang, Yibo Zhao, Junjie Li (2025). Enhancing soil microbial diversity, quality, and crop growth through deficit irrigation combined with biochar application. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.DOI
En-Liang Ren, Li Wang, Xuanhao Qiu, Qi Wang, Li-Ping Wang, Ru-Xin Zhang, Qi Liu, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Calcium-carbon interactions via citric acid activation and lanthanum modification of high-Ca fly ash: A novel route for saline-alkali land reclamation. Environmental Technology & Innovation.DOI
Pingru He, Jingang Li, Qiu Jin, Dan Chen, Xiaoping Dai, Jing Chen, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Aeration compensates for the unfavorable impacts of chemical fertilization diminution on tomato plant development and fruit quality. Field crops research (Print).DOI
En-Liang Ren, Ru-Xin Zhang, Xuanhao Qiu, Li Wang, Junjie Li, Yibo Zhao, Li-Ping Wang, Zhongyi Qu (2025). Migration and transformation of heavy metals and metalloids in soil and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)—mediated by citric acid–lanthanum–modified fly ash—and assessment of ecological safety thresholds. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.DOI
Long Bai, Nan Chang, Wei-Ping Li, Zhongyi Qu, Ting Hao, L. Arvola, Caio Graco‐Roza, Zhi-Chao Wang (2025). Impacts of Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) Biodegradable Mulch Films on Agricultural Soils: Integrated Responses of Physicochemical Properties, Enzyme Activities and Microbial Diversity. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.DOI
Wei Yang, Ruxin Zhang, Yixuan Yang, Wentao Ji, Xiaomin Zhang, Dongliang Zhang, Liping Wang, Zhongyi Qu (2024). Evaluation of net carbon sequestration and ecological benefits from single biochar-incorporated sorghum farmland systems in saline-alkali areas of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal Of Environmental Management, Vol. 351.DOI
Qi Liu, Zhongyi Qu, Xiaolong Hu, Yanying Bai, Wei Yang, Yixuan Yang, Jiang Bian, Dongliang Zhang, Liangsheng Shi (2024). Combining UAV remote sensing data to estimate daily-scale crop water stress index: Enhancing diagnostic temporal representativeness. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Min Hu, Zhongyi Qu, Yue Li, Yunwu Xiong, Guanhua Huang (2024). Contrasting effects of different straw return modes on net ecosystem carbon budget and carbon footprint in saline-alkali arid farmland. Soil and Tillage Research.DOI
Xiaoyu Gao, Pengcheng Tang, Ziwei Wang, Yutao Yao, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Bin Du (2024). Crop Coefficient of Sunflowers under Drip Irrigation with Plastic Film in Different Hydrological Years in the Hetao Irrigation District. Water.DOI
Wei Yang, Ruxin Zhang, Yixuan Yang, Liping Wang, Xia Liu, Wentao Ji, Zhongyi Qu (2024). Replacement of Chemical Fertilizers with Partial Organic Manure Reduced N2O Emission and Improved Sorghum Nitrogen Productivity in Saline-Alkali Soil. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition.DOI
Yonglin Jia, Zhe Xu, Dongliang Zhang, Wei Yang, Yanhong Ding, Changjian Li, Lihua Gao, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Zhongyi Qu (2024). Effects of a Single Biochar Application on Soil Carbon Storage and Water and Fertilizer Productivity of Drip-Irrigated, Film-Mulched Maize Production. Agronomy.DOI
Ru-Xin Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Li-Ping Wang, Dongliang Zhang, Lu Liu, Jun-Jie Li, Zhiming Zhang (2024). Biochar addition enhances annual carbon stocks and ecosystem carbon sink intensity in saline soils of the Hetao Irrigation District, Inner Mongolia. Plant, Soil and Environment.DOI
Zhi-Chao Wang, Jiachen Li, Zhongyi Qu, B. Ayurzana, Ge Zhao, Wei-Ping Li (2024). Effects of microplastics on the pore structure and connectivity with different soil textures: Based on CT scanning. Environmental Technology & Innovation.DOI
Guanfang Sun, Yan Peng Zhu, Zhaoliang Gao, Jinzhong Yang, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Mao, Jingwei Wu (2022). Spatiotemporal Patterns and Key Driving Factors of Soil Salinity in Dry and Wet Years in an Arid Agricultural Area with Shallow Groundwater Table. Agriculture.DOI
Yang Wei, Zhongyi Qu, Gary G. Feng, Yixuan Yang, Riquan Song (2022). Response of root growth and distribution of maize plants to foliar-sprayed antitranspirant and soil-amended hydrogel polymer. Chilean journal of agricultural research.DOI
Wei Yang, Gary G. Feng, Yonglin Jia, Yixuan Yang, Xiaoyu Gao, Lihua Gao, Zhongyi Qu (2022). Impact of single biochar application on maize growth and water-fertilizer productivity under different irrigation regimes. Frontiers in Plant Science.DOI
Wei Yang, Yonglin Jia, Gary G. Feng, Chao Ma, Zhongyi Qu (2022). Residual effect of single biochar application on soil nutrients availability and fertilizer productivity in a mulched drip-irrigated corn field. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science.DOI
Rui Cen, Weiying Feng, Fang Yang, Wenyong Wu, Haiqing Liao, Zhongyi Qu (2021). Effect mechanism of biochar application on soil structure and organic matter in semi-arid areas. Journal Of Environmental Management, Vol. 2860.DOI
Weiying Feng, Fang Yang, Rui Cen, Jing Liu, Zhongyi Qu, Qingfeng Miao, Haiyan Chen (2021). Effects of straw biochar application on soil temperature, available nitrogen and growth of corn. Journal Of Environmental Management, Vol. 277.DOI
Xu Xu, Huawei Li, Chen Sun, Tiago B. Ramos, Hanaa Darouich, Yunwu Xiong, Zhongyi Qu, Guanhua Huang (2021). Pedotransfer functions for estimating soil water retention properties of northern China agricultural soils: Development and needs*. Irrigation and Drainage.DOI
Fang Yang, Rui Cen, Weiying Feng, Jing Liu, Zhongyi Qu, Qingfeng Miao (2020). Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymer on Soil Remediation and Crop Growth in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas. Sustainability, Vol. 12, No. 18.DOI
Xiaoyu Gao, Zhongyi Qu, Zailin Huo, Pengcheng Tang, Shuaishuai Qiao (2020). Understanding the Role of Shallow Groundwater in Improving Field Water Productivity in Arid Areas. Water.DOI
Shuaishuai Qiao, Zhongyi Qu, Xiaoyu Gao, Xiujuan Yang, Xinwei Feng (2020). Spatial and Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Water Requirements for Maize in Inner Mongolia from 1959 to 2018. Water.DOI
Anqi Liu, Zhongyi Qu, Uri Nachshon (2020). On the potential impact of root system size and density on salt distribution in the root zone. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Wei Yang, Gary G. Feng, Ardeshir Adeli, Haile Tewolde, Zhongyi Qu (2020). Simulated long-term effect of wheat cover crop on soil nitrogen losses from no-till corn-soybean rotation under different rainfall patterns. Journal of Cleaner Production.DOI
Wei Yang, Gary G. Feng, D.M. Miles, Lihua Gao, Yonglin Jia, Changjian Li, Zhongyi Qu (2020). Impact of biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration in corn grown under drip irrigation with mulching. The Science of The Total Environment.DOI
Jingang Li, Jing Chen, Zhongyi Qu, Shaoli Wang, Pingru He, Na Zhang (2019). Effects of Alternating Irrigation with Fresh and Saline Water on the Soil Salt, Soil Nutrients, and Yield of Tomatoes. Water.DOI
Jingang Li, Zhongyi Qu, Jin Chen, Bo Yang, Yongping Huang (2019). Effect of Planting Density on the Growth and Yield of Sunflower under Mulched Drip Irrigation. Water.DOI
Yanhong Ding, Xiaoyu Gao, Zhongyi Qu, Yonglin Jia, Min Hu, Changjian Li (2019). Effects of Biochar Application and Irrigation Methods on Soil Temperature in Farmland. Water.DOI
Jingang Li, Zhongyi Qu, Jin Chen, Fan Wang, Qiu Jin (2018). Effect of Different Thresholds of Drip Irrigation Using Saline Water on Soil Salt Transportation and Maize Yield. Water.DOI
Guanfang Sun, Yan Peng Zhu, Ming Ye, Jinzhong Yang, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Mao, Jingwei Wu (2018). Development and application of long-term root zone salt balance model for predicting soil salinity in arid shallow water table area. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Jingyuan Xue, Zailin Huo, Quanzhong Huang, Fengxin Wang, Jan Boll, Guanhua Huang, Zhongyi Qu (2018). Assessing sustainability of agricultural water saving in an arid area with shallow groundwater. Irrigation and Drainage.DOI
Xiaoyu Gao, Zailin Huo, Xu Xu, Zhongyi Qu, Guanhua Huang, Pengcheng Tang, Yining Bai (2018). Shallow groundwater plays an important role in enhancing irrigation water productivity in an arid area: The perspective from a regional agricultural hydrology simulation. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Hongtao Liu, Yu Han, Jian Chen, Xiaodong Liu, Yan Niu, Zhongyi Qu (2018). The Analysis of Flow Velocity and Turbulence Applied in Automatic Flow Measurement. Chinese Automation Congress.DOI
Changjian Li, Yunwu Xiong, Zhongyi Qu, Xu Xu, Quanzhong Huang, Guanhua Huang (2018). Impact of biochar addition on soil properties and water-fertilizer productivity of tomato in semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia, China. Geoderma.DOI
Xingwang Wang, Zailin Huo, Huade Guan, Ping Guo, Zhongyi Qu (2018). Drip irrigation enhances shallow groundwater contribution to crop water consumption in an arid area. Hydrological Processes.DOI
Xiaodong Ren, Zhongyi Qu, Diogo Martins, Paula Paredes, Luis Santos Pereira (2016). Daily Reference Evapotranspiration for Hyper-Arid to Moist Sub-Humid Climates in Inner Mongolia, China: I. Assessing Temperature Methods and Spatial Variability. Water Resources Management.DOI
Xiaodong Ren, Diogo Martins, Zhongyi Qu, Paula Paredes, Luis Santos Pereira (2016). Daily Reference Evapotranspiration for Hyper-Arid to Moist Sub-Humid Climates in Inner Mongolia, China: II. Trends of ETo and Weather Variables and Related Spatial Patterns. Water Resources Management.DOI
Hang Chen, Zhongyi Liu, Zailin Huo, Zhongyi Qu, Yuhong Xia, Alexander G. Fernald (2016). Impacts of agricultural water saving practice on regional groundwater and water consumption in an arid region with shallow groundwater. Environmental Earth Sciences.DOI
Xu Xu, Chen Sun, Zhongyi Qu, Quanzhong Huang, Tiago B. Ramos, Guanhua Huang (2015). Groundwater Recharge and Capillary Rise in Irrigated Areas of the Upper Yellow River Basin Assessed by an Agro‐Hydrological Model. Irrigation and Drainage.DOI
Xiaoyu Gao, Zailin Huo, Yining Bai, Shaoyuan Feng, Guanhua Huang, Haibin Shi, Zhongyi Qu (2014). Soil salt and groundwater change in flood irrigation field and uncultivated land: a case study based on 4-year field observations. Environmental Earth Sciences.DOI
Xu Xu, Guanhua Huang, Hongbin Zhan, Zhongyi Qu, Quanzhong Huang (2011). Integration of SWAP and MODFLOW-2000 for modeling groundwater dynamics in shallow water table areas. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Xu Xu, Guanhua Huang, Zhongyi Qu, Luis Santos Pereira (2011). Using MODFLOW and GIS to Assess Changes in Groundwater Dynamics in Response to Water Saving Measures in Irrigation Districts of the Upper Yellow River Basin. Water Resources Management.DOI
Xu Xu, Guanhua Huang, Zhongyi Qu, Quanzhong Huang (2011). Regional scale model for simulating soil water flow and solute transport processes- GSWAP. Nongye gongcheng xuebao.DOI
Zhongyi Qu, Xianyue Li, Dan Tian, Raghavendra Belur Jana, Binayak P. Monhanty (2011). Development of regional-scale pedotransfer functions based on Bayesian Neural Networks in the Hetao Irrigation District of China. International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC).DOI
Xu Xu, Guanhua Huang, Zhongyi Qu, Luis Santos Pereira (2010). Assessing the groundwater dynamics and impacts of water saving in the Hetao Irrigation District, Yellow River basin. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Ruihong Yu, Tingxi Liu, Youpeng Xu, Chao Zhu, Qing Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Xiaomin Liu, Changyou Li (2010). Analysis of salinization dynamics by remote sensing in Hetao Irrigation District of North China. Agricultural Water Management.DOI
Xixi Wang, Tingxi Liu, Dawen Yang, Zhongyi Qu, Calvin R. Clary, Carin Wunneburger (2010). Simulating Hydrologic Effects of Raised Roads within a Low-Relief Watershed. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.DOI
Xixi Wang, Zhongyi Qu, Tingxi Liu, Calvin R. Clary, Carin Wunneburger (2010). Incorporating Affects of Raised Roads into Hydrology Model to Improve Simulation of Low-Relief Watershed. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI).DOI
Zhongyi Qu, Xixi Wang, Zhaozhong Feng, Shaohong Guo (2010). Changes of Temporal Trends and Spatial Patterns of Nitrate-Nitrogen in the Farmland Groundwater Resulting from Water-Saving Irrigation in the Hetao Irrigation District of China. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI).DOI
Xu Xu, Guanhua Huang, Zhongyi Qu (2009). Integrating MODFLOW and GIS technologies for assessing impacts of irrigation management and groundwater use in the Hetao Irrigation District, Yellow River basin. Science China Technological Sciences.DOI
Zhongyi Qu, Guanhua Guanhua, Jingyu Yang (2009). EVALUATION OF REGIONAL PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS BASED ON THE BP NEURAL NETWORKS. IFIP advances in information and communication technology.DOI