College of Resources and Envrionment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China 712100

　　E-mail: tianh@nwsuaf.edu.cn

　　Education 

　　Associate Professor, College of Resources and Envrionment, Northwest A&F University (Yangling, China), 2011—Current.

　　Ph.D (Major in plant nutrition), College of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University (Beijing, China), 2005-2011.

　　Visiting scholar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, USA), 2008-2010.

　　Bachelor (Major in agricultural resources and environment), College of Resources and Envrionment, Shandong Agricultural University (Tai’an Chian), 2001-2005 

　　Current study interests

　　Nutrients uptake process in the interface of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plants.

　　Key genes invovled in nitrogen and phosphorus utilization in wheat.

　　Publications

　　Hui Tian, Mansour Ghorbanpour, Khalil Kariman. Manganese oxide nanoparticle-induced changes in growth, redox reactions and elicitation of antioxidant metabolites in deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna L.). Industrial Crops & Products, 2018, 126: 403-414.

　　Mengjiao Li, Runze Wang, Hui Tian*, Yajun Gao. Transcriptome responses in wheat roots to colonization by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. Mycorrhiza, 2018, 28: 747-759.

　　Yuan Qin, Guoxiu Duan, Zhiliang Zhao, Hui Tian*, Zakaria M. Solaiman. 18O-labeled phosphate applied to soil appears in the shoots of maizeafter uptake by roots but not after uptake by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. Mycorrhiza, 2018, 28: 787-793.

　　Hui Tian, Jie Fu, Rhae A Drijber, Yajun Gao. Expression patterns of five genes involved in nitrogen metabolism in two winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes with high and low nitrogen utilization efficiencies. Journal of Cereal Science , 2015, 61(1), 48-54.

　　Hui Tian, Xiaolei Yuan, Jianfeng Duan,Wenhu Li, Bingnian Zhai*, Yajun Gao. Influence of nutrient signals and carbon allocation on the expression of phosphate and nitrogen  transporter genes in winter wheat (TriticumaestivumL.) roots colonized by arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi. PLOS ONE , 2017, 12(2), oi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172154

　　Hui Tian, Hui Wang, Xiaoli Hui, Zhaohui Wang, Rhae A Drijber, Jinshan Liu. Changes in soilmicrobial communities after 10 years of winter wheat cultivation versus fallow in an organic-poor soil in the Loess Plateau of China. 2017, PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184223

　　Jianfeng Duan, Hui Tian*, Yajun Gao. Expression of nitrogen transporter genes in roots of winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) in response to soil drought with contrasting nitrogen supplies. Crop & Pasture Science , 2016, 67, 128-136.

　　Jianfeng Duan, Hui Tian*, Rhae A Drijber, Yajun Gao. Systemic and local regulation of phosphate and nitrogen transporter genes by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry , 2015, 96, 199-208.

　　Jinshan Liu, Jie Fu, Hui Tian*, Yajun Gao. In-season expression of nitrate and ammonium transporter genes in roots of winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes with different nitrogen-uptake efficiencies. Crop & Pasture Science , 2015, 66, 671-678.

　　Hui Tian, Rhae A Drijber, Junling Zhang, Xiaolin Li. Impact of long-term nitrogen fertilization and rotation with soybean on the diversity and phosphorus metabolism of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within the roots of maize ( Zea mays L.). Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment , 2013, 164, 53-61.

　　Hui Tian, Rhae A Drijber, Xiaolin Li, Daniel N Miller, Brian J Wienhold. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differ in their ability to regulate the expression of phosphate transporters in maize ( Zea mays L.). Mycorrhiza , 2013, 23(6), 507-514.

　　Hui Tian, Rhae A Drijber, Xinsheng Niu, Junling Zhang, Xiaolin Li. Spatio-temporal dynamics of an indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in an intensively managed maize agroecosystem in North China. Applied Soil Ecology , 2011, 47, 141-152.

　　Hui Tian, Jingping Gai, Junling Zhang, Peter Christie, Xiaolin Li. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in degraded typical steppe of Inner Mongolia. Land Degradation & Development , 2009, 20, 41-54.

　　Hui Tian, Jingping Gai, Junling Zhang, Peter Christie, Xiaolin Li. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with wild forage plants in typical steppe of eastern Inner Mongolia. European Journal of Soil Biology , 2009, 45, 321-327.

　　Huiying He, Rui Yang, Yajun Li, Aisheng Ma, Lanqin Cao, Xiaoming Wu, Biyun Chen, Hui Tian, and Yajun Gao*. Genotypic Variation in Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) Under Contrasting N Supply in Pot and Field Experiments.  Frontiers in plant science, 2017, 01825.

　　Jeske ES, Tian H, Hanford K, Walters DT, Drijber RA* (2018) Long-term nitrogen fertilization reduces extraradical biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizae in a maize (Zea mays L.) cropping system. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 255: 111-118

　　J.P. Gai, Hui Tian, F.Y. Yang∗, P. Christiea, X.L. Li, J.N. Klironomos. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity along a Tibetan elevation gradient. Pedobiologia, 2012, 55: 145-151.