12月3日9：00 何新华 What have we learned about mycorrhizas in interplant nitrogen> transfer in oak woodlands - Old ideas versus new ideas? (生态楼二楼会议室)

    Xinhua He – Brief Curriculum Vitae (September 2008)
    School of Plant Biology (M084), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
    Phone: + 61 8 6488 2220; Fax: + 61 8 6488 1108; e-mail: xinhua@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

    EDUCATION
    2001  Ph.D., Plant Ecophysiology, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, QLD Australia
     Thesis: Nitrogen exchange between plants through common mycorrhizal networks, p. 196 (2002)
     Advisors: Christa Critchley (UQ), Michelle Dale (UQ) and George Stewart (U. Western Australia)

    1991  M.S., Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, South China Agricultural Univ., Guangzhou, China
     Thesis: Nitrogen use efficiency in C3 and C4 plants, p. 138 (1991)
     Advisors: Mingqi Li (SCAU) and Ann Oaks (most research done at McMaster University, Canada)

    1982  B.S., Agronomy, Southwest China Agricultural Univ., Chongqing, China; Advisor: Zhiyun Mao
     Thesis: Nitrogen cycling in a farmland ecosystem: a case study in Bishan County, p. 85 (1982)

    PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

    2007.10- Research Fellow/Assistant Professor, School of Plant Biology, U. Western Australia, Australia
    2006-2007 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Foreign Research Fellow, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
    2002-2005 Postdoc & Research Associate (Step 8), Dept. Land, Air & Water Resources, UC Davis, USA
     Guest Lecturer for a Postgraduate Course: Ecology and Physiology of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
    1991-1996 Associate/Full Professor, College of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming
     Teaching: Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Principles of Soil Science, Basics of Agronomy
    1987-1988 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    1982-1986 Research Officer, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES

    American Association for the Advancement of Science; Intern’l Mycorrhiza Society; Ecological Society of America, Australian Society of Plant Scientists, Chinese Societies of Agronomy, Ecology & Soil Sciences, Plant & Soil (2007-, Consulting editorial board); Global Science BooksTM (2006-, editorial board, UK)

    REFERENCE ADDRESSES

     1. Caroline S. Bledsoe, +1 530 752 0388 (o); +1 530 752 1552 (fax); csbledsoe@ucdavis.edu
     Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA

     2. Hans Lambers, + 61 8 6488 7381 (o); + 61 8 6488 1108 (fax); hlambers@plants.uwa.edu.au
     School of Plant Biology (M084), University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia

     3. Christa Critchley, +61 7 3365 3477 (o); +61 7 3365 8383 (fax); c.critchley@research.uq.edu.au
     UQ Graduate School, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia

    PUBLICATIONS (A total of 51 at present: 32 papers in Refereed Journals, 17 Chapters in Books/Proceedings, 3 Books)

    RECENT PUBLICATIONS (14 in last 5 years: 10 papers in Refereed Journals, 4 Chapters in Books/Proceedings)

    1. Lu JY, Zhang WL, Xue H, Pan Y, Liu M, He XH. 2008. Differences of AFLP and SSR DNA polymorphisms between the third-generation rice plants from seeds endured a short-term 7-d-space-flown and their original non-space-flown rice. Biologia Plantarum (accepted).

    2. Qiu GY, Wang LM, He XH, Zhang XY, Chen SY, Chen J, Yang YH. 2008. Water use efficiency and evapotranspiration of winter wheat and its response to irrigation regime in the north China plain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.06.010).

    3. He XH, Manyol E, Nio SA, Malik I, Botwright-Acuna T, Wade L. 2008. Hardpan penetration ability of drought-stressed wheat under pot and field conditions. In: 2008 Agribusiness Crop Updates, 88-91 (also oral presented as a Research Highlight), Department of Agriculture and Food, WA and Grains Research & Development Corporation, eds., Perth, Australia.

    4. He XH, Critchley C. 2008. Interactions of mycorrhization and Frankia association in Casuarina plants. In: Mycorrhiza: Structure, Function, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (3rd edition, 767-781). Ajit Varma, ed. Springer, Germany.

    5. He XH, Critchley C, Nara K, Southworth D, Bledsoe CS. 2008. Quantification of nitrogen transfer between plants linked by mycorrhizal networks. In: Symbiotic Fungi: Principles and Practice (2nd edition, 182-197). Ajit Varma and Amit Kharkwal, eds. Springer, Germany.

    6. He XH, Horwath WR, Zasoski RJ, Southworth D, Aanderud Z, Bledsoe CS. 2007. Nitrogen sink strength of ectomycorrhizal morphotypes of Quercus douglasii, Q. garryana, and Q. agrifolia seedlings grown in a northern California oak woodland. Mycorrhiza 18: 33-41.

    7. He XH, Nara K. 2007. Element biofortification: Can mycorrhizas potentially offer a more effective and sustainable way to curb human malnutrition? Trends in Plant Science 12: 331-333 [Evaluated as a “Must Read” by Dr. Marjori Matzke, Austrian Academy of Sciences (http://www.f1000biology.com/ article/id/1090832/evaluation)].

    8. He XH, Bledsoe CS, Zasoski RJ, Southworth D, Horwath WR. 2006. Rapid nitrogen transfer from ectomycorrhizal pines to adjacent ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal plants in a California oak woodland. New Phytologist 170: 143-151 [referred to as one of 15 cutting-edge international tree researches by a New Phytology Editorial (173: 661-663, March 2007) and “an important future New Phytologist publication debate” by another New Phytology Editorial (176: 499-501, November 2007)] .

    9. Selosse M-A, Richard F, He XH, Simard SW. 2006. Mycorrhizal networks: des liaisons dangereuses? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21: 621-28 [highlighted by a New Phytologist Editorial (174: 225-228, April 2007)] .

    10. He XH, Liu M, Lu JY, Xue H, Pan Y. 2006. Space mutation breeding: A brief introduction of screening new floricultural, vegetable and medicinal varieties from earth-grown plants returned from China’s satellites and spaceships. In: Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical Issues, Vol. IV: 266-271. da Silva JT, ed. Global Science BooksTM, London.

    11. Southworth D, He XH, Swenson WS, Bledsoe CS, Horwath WR. 2005. Application of network theory to potential mycorrhizal networks. Mycorrhiza 15: 589-595.

    12. He XH, Critchley C, Ng H, Bledsoe CS. 2005. Nodulated N2-fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana is the sink for net N transfer from non-N2-fixing Eucalyptus maculata via an ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp. supplied as ammonium nitrate. New Phytologist 167: 897-912.

    13. He XH, Critchley C, Ng H, Bledsoe CS. 2004. Reciprocal N (15NH4+ or 15NO3-) transfer between non-N2-fixing Eucalyptus maculata and N2-fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana linked by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp.. New Phytologist 163: 629-640 [Fig. 3 and major findings of Pub 8 & 9 have been adopted in “Plant Physiological Ecology” – 2008 2nd edition by Lambers H, Chapin S & Pons L, Springer, New York].

    14. He XH, Critchley C, Bledsoe CS. 2003. Nitrogen transfer within and between plants through common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs). Critical Review in Plant Sciences 22: 531-567 (currently cited by > 20 international peer-reviewed journals, including BioScience; BMC Evol. Biol.; Ecology; Ecol. Lett.; FEMS Microbiol Rev.; Funct. Ecol.; Fungal Genet Biol.; J. Exp Bot.; J. Ecol.; Nature; Plant, Cell & Environ.; Plant Soil; Soil Biol. Biochem.; Tree Physiol.; etc.

    SELECTED PAST PUBLICATIONS (6)

    15. He XH, Oaks A, Li MQ. 1995. Nitrogen use efficiency in C3 and C4 plants: Effects of NO3- on the formation of nitrate reductase protein and nitrate reductase activity in C3 and C4 plants. In: Proc. of the 2nd National Youth Academics Congress, 173-179. China Association for Science and Technology, ed. China Science and Technology Press, Beijing.

    16. He XH. 1994. On establishment of plant genetic engineering plant ecology from associated risks of field release of transgenic plants, In: Symp. of 1st Seminar on the Novel Hypotheses and Concepts of Life Sciences, 306-11. China Association for Sci. & Tech., eds. China Sci. & Tech. Press, Beijing.

    17. He XH. 1994. Bioinorganic Chemistry of Iron, 1-248. Yunnan Sci. & Tech. Press, Kunming, China.

    18. He XH. 1993. Nitrogen balance in agro-ecosystems of Bishan County after applying nitrogenous fertilizers. Chinese Journal of Ecology 12: 29-35.

    19. Bei B Z, He XH. et al. (eds.). 1993. Plant Physiology: I. Textbook, 1-356 and II. Experiments, 1-260. China Science & Technology Press, Beijing.

    20. Oaks A, He XH, Zoumadakis M. 1990. Nitrogen use efficiency in C3 and C4 cereals. In: Proc. of International Congress of Plant Physiology 2: 1038-45. Sinha S.K. et al., eds. Neo Art Press, India.

    RECENT RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENT

    My recent studies on “Nitrogen transfer between plants via mycorrhizal networks” at natural abundance and enrichment levels have demonstrated my excellence in some aspects of plant biology. My work on two-way, not only one-way, N transfer between plants, has advanced knowledge on the “nutrients transfer between different species by mycorrhizal networks that may have direct and indirect benefits and penalties to plants of sharing mycorrhizal mycelia with their neighbours in established woodlands” and been referred to as “an important future New Phytologist publication debate” (Alexander I.J. 2007. New Phytologist 176: 499-501), and

    ● “He et al. (2003) showing that there can be two-way transfer of nitrogen between nodulated and nonnodulated woody species. It has important practical implications. If nodulated trees are selectively logged, which may be the case (for example, for Pterocarpus, which is prized for its reddish-coloured wood), then the nutrient dynamics of the whole forest could be at risk” (Sprent J.I. New Phytologist 167: 326-30, 2005);

    ● My 2006 publication in New Phytologist (170: 143-151) has been referred to as “one of 15 cutting-edge international tree researches in 2006” by a New Phytologist Editorial (Woodward F.I. and Slater H. 173: 661-663, 2007), and as “an important future New Phytologist publication debate” by another New Phytologist Editorial (Alexander I.J. 176: 499-501, 2007);

    ● My 2006 invited review in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (21: 621-28, as a co-author) has been commented on by a New Phytologist Editorial (Martin F. and Slater H. 174: 225-8, 2007) as “has contributed much to the understanding of the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal symbioses”;

    ● My major findings and one figure from two publications in New Phytologist (163: 629-640, 2004 and 167: 897-912, 2005) have been adopted by a well-known textbook “Plant Physiological Ecology” (2008 2nd edition by Lambers H., Chapin F.S. and Pons T.L., Springer, New York).

    ● Cited by more than 20 high-ranked journals, including BioScience, Ecology, Ecol. Complexity, Ecol. Lett., FEMS Microbiol. Rev., Funct. Ecol., Fungal Genet. Biol., J. Ecol., J. Exp. Bot., Mol. Ecol., Mycorrhiza, Nature, New J. Physics, New Phytol., Plant, Cell & Environ., Phytochemistry, Plant Soil, Soil Biol. Biochem., Trends in Ecol. & Evol., Tree Physiol.;

    ● Invited for more than 30 talks at international and national conferences, including US/British Mycological Societies, US Soil Society, US Ecology Society, 2002-2005; 4th International Conference on Mycorrhizas, Canada, 2003; 9th/10th International Soil Ecology Conference, 2003/2005; Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2006, China; EcoSummit, China, 2007; Rhizosphere 2, France, 2007; and at universities, including UC Davis, 2003; Harvard University, 2005; University of Tokyo, 2006; Peking Univ. and Nanjing Inst. Soil Sciences, 2007;

    ● Invited to review manuscripts from a range of journals, including Ecol. Appl., J. For. Res., New Phytol., Plant Soil, Restor. Ecol., Soil Biol. Biochem.; and to join two editorial boards: Plant Soil (2007-, Consulting Editorial Board); Global Science BooksTM (2006-, Editorial Board);

    ● Organised and chaired a “Multiple Approaches in Ecosystem Process Study” symposium (8 talks) for the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (21/07/2006, Kunming, China) and co-chaired a “Mycorrhizal Communities” session (10 talks) for the 89th Ecological Society of America Meeting (02/08/2004, Portland, USA);

    ● Invited to write two chapters for two world-wide used textbooks: 1) Mycorrhiza: Structure, Function, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (3rd edition), edited by A. Varma et al., Springer; and 2) Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Principles and Practice (2nd edition), edited by A. Varma, Springer.

    ● Most recently, my Research Highlight presentation - “Hardpan penetration ability of drought-stressed wheat under pot and field conditions” - at the 2008 Agribusiness Crop Updates in February 2008 in Perth (see He et al., 2008), has attracted wide attention. The relevant progress and future possibilities of this research have then been introduced by Farming Weekly (12/06/2008), Merredin-Wheatbelt Mercury (02/07/2008), Australian Grain (01/08/2008), and by http://www.getfarming.com.au and http://www.seedquest.com (USA), and by a planned ABC radio broadcast as well.