Shuijin Hu | Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Both biotic and abiotic soil N₂O productions are lower under organic N than inorganic N deposition in a Moso bamboo forest, Biology and Fertility of Soils (2025, August 16)
- Climate warming reduces soil gaseous nitrogen losses in a temperate forest, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025, November 24)
- Deepened snow promotes temporal stability of semi‐arid grasslands via improving water acquisition‐and‐use strategies, Ecology (2025, May 1)
- Genetic potential of soil microbial nitrogen cycling affected by human activities and climate factors, Soil Ecology Letters (2025, March 12)
- Mycorrhiza increases plant diversity and soil carbon storage in grasslands, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025, February 12)
Shuijin Hu
Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
2414 Gardner Hall
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7616
Office: 919-515-2097
Lab: 919-515-3877
Fax: 919-515-7716
Email: shuijin_hu@ncsu.edu
Research
Microbial mediation of plant and ecosystem responses to global change components. We are currently investigating the mechanisms through which soil microorganisms mediate plant and ecosystem responses to elevated atmospheric CO2, O3 and N inputs. Our major focus is on how microorganisms respond to alterations in C and N availability under these global change components, and what are the implications of the resulting changes in terms of ecosystem C storage.
Microbial interactions and pathogen/disease suppression. We want to know whether and how the structure, diversity and activities of soil microbial and mesofaunal communities influence the population dynamics and activities of soilborne pathogenic fungi, Pythium spp. and Rhizoctonia spp. in particular.
Microbial mediation of plant interactions. We are interested in understanding how microbes, mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi in particular, modulate the interactions among coexisting plant species. Effects of disturbance on the structure and activities of soil organisms. Our current research examines how disturbance such as conventional farming and elevated atmospheric CO2 affects soil microbes and soil food web interactions and how the resulting alterations in soil organisms influence C and N cycling.
Teaching
- Soil/Ecosystem Ecology, PP590/790E
- Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, BO 595E (co-teaching)
- Climate Chang and Agriculture. PP590/PP790 (Special Topics)
- New and re-emerging plant diseases in the US (Discussion group) (PP610Y/810Y)
