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Xinqi Huang Professor

Bio: 

Contact details

  • E-mail: xqhuang@njnu.edu.cn
  • Address: No.1 Wenyuan Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, China

Education background

  • 2007-2012, Nanjing Agricultural University, School of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Department of Plant Nutrition, Ph.D.
  • 2004-2008, Nanjing Agricultural University, School of Life Sciences, National Life Science and Technology Talent Training Base, Bachelor

Research work experience

  • 2012-present, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor

Main research direction
        Long-term research focuses on soil microbial diversity, composition, function, and their environmental dependencies, with particular emphasis on the effects of soil microorganisms on crop growth and health within agricultural ecosystems, as well as the driving factors and regulatory mechanisms of soil microbial communities.

Main Academic Part-time

Section/Subject Editor for Plant and Soil and Journal of Soils and Sediments; Editorial Board Member for Acta Pedologica Sinica; Young Editorial Board Member for iMeta and Chinese Journal of Ecological Agriculture; Deputy Director of Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Soil Utilization and Sustainable Agricultural Development; Council Member of the Chinese Society of Soil Science; Standing Council Member of Jiangsu Provincial Society of Soil Science; Committee Member of the Agricultural Information Branch of the Chinese Society of Agriculture.

Honors and Awards

  •  2024: Nanjing Normal University “Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Leading Talent” (Ranked First)
  • 2023: Second Prize, Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (Ranked Second)
  • 2022: Jiangsu Province “333 High-Level Talent Cultivation Project” Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Leader
  • 2020: Third Prize, Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award (Ranked third)
  • 2019: First Prize, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Science and Technology Award (Ranked second)
  • 2018: Nanjing Normal University “Young Elite Talent” (Young Top Talent)
  • 2017: Nanjing Normal University “Blue and Green Project” Outstanding Young Core Faculty

Published academic papers (*corresponding author)
As first or corresponding author, he has published over 30 SCI papers in journals such as Advanced Science, New Phytologist, and Soil Biology & Biochemistry. For details, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xinqi-Huang. Representative papers in recent years include:

  • Yan YY, Zhou X, Liu LL, Cai ZC, Penuelas J, Huang XQ* (2025) Soil Nutrient Enrichment Induces Trade-Offs in Bacterial Life-History Strategies Promoting Plant Productivity. Advanced Science, e10066
  • Yan YY, Zhou X, Liu LL, Li RM, Zhao J, Zhang JB, Cai ZC, Dini-Andreote F, Penuelas J, Huang XQ* (2025) Transitions within agroecosystems impact protists diversity and soil multifunctionality. Communications Earth & Environment 6:634.
  • Ren Y#, Xu SN#, Yan YY, Chen ZY, Liu LL, Zhou X, Cai ZC, Huang XQ* (2025) Defining pH-associated ecological clusters and their responses to agricultural intensification. Geoderma 460:117445.
  • Li RM, Li S, Yan YY, Xie Y, Zhao J, Zhang JB, Cai ZC, Huang XQ* (2025) Mitigating the health risk of antibiotic resistance genes through reductive soil disinfestation in protected agroecosystems. Journal of Hazardous Materials 483:136647.
  • Li S, Zhou X, Liu LL, Su Z, Zhao J, Zhang JB, Cai ZC, Peñuelas J, Huang XQ* (2025) Plant Diversity Reduces the Risk of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Agroecosystems. Advanced Science 12:2410990.
  • Zhou X, Liu LL, Zhao J, Zhang JB, Cai ZC, Huang XQ* (2023) High carbon resource diversity enhances the certainty of successful plant pathogen and disease control. New Phytologist 237:1333–1346.
  • Liu LL, Huang XQ*, Zhang JB, Cai ZC, Jiang K, Chang YY (2020) Deciphering the relative importance of soil and plant traits on the development of rhizosphere microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 148:107909.
  • Huang XQ*, Liu SZ, Liu X, Zhang SR, Li L, Zhao HT, Zhao J, Zhang JB, Cai ZC* (2020) Plant pathological condition is associated with fungal community succession triggered by root exudates in the plant-soil system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 151:108046.

Major scientific research projects undertaken

  • National Key R&D Program Youth Scientist Project: Microecological Mechanisms and Mitigation Principles of Synergistic Occurrence of Secondary Salinization and Soil-Borne Diseases in Protected Crops, 2023YFD1902000, Dec 2023–Dec 2027
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund Key Support Project, Formation and Microecological Regulation Mechanisms of Major Continuous Cropping Obstacles in Ningxia Melon and Vegetable Cultivation Soils, U21A20226, 2022-01—2025-12
  • NSFC General Program Project, Succession Patterns and Driving Factors of Key Pathogenic/Suppressive Microbial Populations in Cultivation Soils of Platycodon grandiflorum, 41771281, 2018-01-01—2021-12-31
  • Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program, Research on Characteristics and Regulation of Key Soil Pathogenic/Suppressive Microorganisms, 2017YFD0200606, 2017-07-01—2020-12-31
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), Study on the Mechanism and Effect of Rapid Intensive Soil Reduction in Controlling Soil-borne Banana Wilt Disease, 41301335, 2014-01-01—2016-12-31
  • Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund Project, Construction and Application of a Technology System for High-Value Utilization of Crop Straw as a Strong Soil Reducing Agent Combined with Off-site Composting, CX(23)1038, 2023-07-01—2026-06-30
  • Guangdong Provincial Key Field R&D Program Project, Integration and Demonstration of Sustainable Green and Efficient Production Regulation Technologies for Guangdong Protected Agriculture Environments, 2020B0202010006, 2020-07-01—2025-07-31
  • Suzhou Municipal Government Procurement Project, Investigation and Remediation of Soil Impeding Factors in Protected Vegetable Crops within Suzhou Jurisdiction, 2019-03-01—2019-12-31

Standards and Patents

  • 1.    Soil Remediation for Protected-Field Continuous Cropping Obstacles Using Strong Reduction Treatment, National Agricultural Industry Standard NY/T 4312-2023, 2023, 3/12
  • 2.    Technical Specifications for Eliminating Soil Continuous Cropping Obstacles in Protected-Field Vegetable Crops via Strong Reduction Method, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Local Standard, DB 64/T 2049—2024, 2024, 3/20
  • 3.    Technical Specifications for Ecological Remediation of Soil Obstacles in Protected Crops, Jiangsu Agricultural Society Group Standard, TJAASS 162-2025, 2025, 1/8
  • 4.    A Strain of Rhizopus longiceps with Cucumber Growth Promotion and Disease Resistance Functions and Its Application, ZL 202311325526.2, China, 2024, 1/7
  • 5.    LAMP Primer and Detection Kit for Cucumber-Specific Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumeriae and Its Application, ZL202210292771.7, China, 2023, 1/5
  • 6.    Water-Soluble Powder for Disinfecting Soil Affected by Continuous Cropping Disorders and Its Application, ZL201910093727.1, China, 2020, 2/7
  • 7.    Organic Agent for Soil Disinfection of Banana Crop Rotation Hindrance and Its Application, ZL201710315055.5, China, 2019, 2/6
  • 8.    Organic Agent for Soil Disinfection of Flower Crop Rotation Hindrance and Its Application, ZL201710315068.2, China, 2018, 2/6