Jiao Ruzhen

Prof.  Jiao Ruzhen

Organization: Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Pedology

Research field: The role of soil microorganisms in nutrient cycling; screening, culture and application of resource microorganism; phytomicrobial remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil; soil quality evaluation; remediation of degraded and polluted soil

E-mail: jiaorzh@caf.ac.cn

Main work

Prof. Jiao Ruzhen, a researcher at the Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Director of Forest Soil Research Department, has presided over more than 20 national key research and development projects since 1986, and won 1 second prize and 3 third prizes of Science and Technology Progress of the State Forestry Administration; Liang Xi Science and Technology Progress Award 1; 1 second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of China Soil Society; Presided over and has promulgated the development of forestry industry standards 4; He has published more than 80 scientific and technological papers, including 19 SCI papers, participated in the preparation of 11 monographs, and has been authorized by 12 national invention patents.

Key research projects

  • 2023.07-2025.06 Industry standard for physical properties of Soil of forest and grass

  • 2020.01-2021.12 Forestry industry Standard Project "Determination of Organic Matter and Humus Components in Forest Soil"

  • 2018.01-2021.12 Central Public-Interest Scientiffc Institution Basal Research Fund Program“Screening and research on forest soil functional microbial germplasm resources”

  • 2017.01-2019.12 The Special Fund project of basic Scientific Research Operating Fee of public welfare research institutes at the central level of Chinese Academy of Forestry: "Screening and Research of Germplasm Resources of Forest Soil Functional Microorganisms"

  • 2016.01-2018.12 National Forestry Science and Technology Promotion Project "Popularization and Application of Bacterial Fertilizer to Soil Improvement of Undesirable Site"

  • 2016.01-2017.12 Forestry industry standard project "Determination of the Total Amount of Copper, Zinc, Iron and Manganese in Forest Soil by ICP Emission Spectrometry" 

  • 2016.07-2020.12 National Key Research and development Plan "Research on efficient Cultivation Technology of Fast-growing Chinese fir wood"

  • 2013.1-2016.12 Introduction of international advanced forestry science and Technology project "Introduction of high-efficiency Fermentation Bacteria and Production Process of Biochemical fulvic acid"

  • 2013.1-2015.12 The special fund project of basic Scientific research operating fee of China Academy of Forestry: "Research on Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Nitrogen Conversion and Microbial Effect of Chinese fir Forest" 

Awards & achievements

  • "Liang Xi" science and technology progress second prize, Breeding and efficient cultivation of main fast-growing broad-leaved tree species in South China, 2013.

  • Third prize of science and technology progress, State Forestry Administration, Effects of undergrowth plant communities on soil fertility in Chinese fir forest, 1999.

  • Ministry of Forestry of the People's Republic of China Science and Technology progress third prize，Causes and mechanisms of fertility decline in eucalyptus and poplar plantations, 1997.

  • Ministry of Forestry of the People's Republic of China, Women's achievements activities model, 1995.

  • Ministry of Forestry of the People's Republic of China Science and Technology progress second prize, Application of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Pt) in pine seedling raising, 1993.

Published articles & books

  • Jie Cheng, Ruzhen Jiao, Qiwu Sun*, Free-standing N, S co-doped graphene aerogels coupled with Eucalyptus wood tar-based activated carbon and cellulose nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitor and removal of Cr (VI), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024.1.

  • Xiangteng Chen, Guangyu Zhao, Yanglong Li, Shumeng Wei, Yuhong Dong and Ruzhen Jiao*, Integrative analysis of the transcriptome and metabolome reveals the mechanism of Chinese fir seed germination, Forests, 2023, 14, 676.

  • Yanglong Li, Shumeng Wei, Xiangteng Chen, Yuhong Dong, Mansheng Zeng, Chaowu Yan, Lingyu Hou, Ruzhen Jiao*, Isolation of cadmium-resistance and siderophore-producing endophytic bacteria and their potential use for soil cadmium remediation, Heliyon, 2023.

  • Yanglong Li , Chaoqun Wang, Chaowu Yan, Shaowen Liu, Xiangteng Chen, Mansheng Zeng, Yuhong Dong and Ruzhen Jiao*, Heavy metal concentrations and accumulation characteristics of dominant woody plants in iron and lead−zinc tailing areas in Jiangxi, Southeast China, Forests, 2023, 14, 846.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Ruzhen Jiao*, Adaptive pathways of microorganisms to cope with the shift from P- to N-limitation in subtropical plantations, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 13, 870667.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Ruzhen Jiao*, Stoichiometric imbalances and the dynamics of phosphatase activity and the abundance of phoC and phoD genes with the development of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook plantations, Applied Soil Ecology, 2022, 173, 104373.

  • Jiaqi Chen, Guangyu Zhao, Yanglong Life, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou &Ruzhen Jiao*, Age changes of soil phosphorus form and content in Chinese fir plantations, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2022, 58(5), 10-17.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil organic carbon fractions, C-cycling hydrolytic enzymes, and microbial carbon metabolism in Chinese fir plantations, Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 143695.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil phosphorus fractions, phosphatase activity, and the abundance of phoC and phoD genes vary with planting density in subtropical Chinese fir plantations, Soil & Tillage Research, 2021, 209, 104946.

  • Jiaqi Chen, Guangyu Zhao, YihuiWei, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou &Ruzhen Jiao*, Isolation and screening of multifunctional phosphate solubilizing bacteria and its growth-promoting effect on Chinese fir seedlings, Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 9081.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Yuhong Dong, Yihui Wei and Ruzhen Jiao*, Effects of stand density on soil microbial community composition and enzyme activities in subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook plantations, Forest Ecology and Management, 2021, 479, 118559.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil organic carbon fractions, C-cycling associated hydrolytic enzymes, and microbial carbon metabolism vary with stand age in Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook plantations, Forest Ecology and Management, 2021, 482, 118887.

  • Guangyu Zhao; Yihui Wei; Jiaqi Chen; Yuhong Dong; Lingyu Hou; Ruzhen Jiao*, Screening, identifification and growth-promotion products of multifunctional bacteria in a Chinese fir plantation, Forests, 2021, 12, 120.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Yuhong Dong, Yihui Wei, Jiaqi Chen and Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil microbial community structure and composition in Chinese fir plantations of different ages in Fujian, Southeast China, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2021, 1-24.

  • Yihui Wei, Jiaqi Chen, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Ruzhen Jiao*, Screening of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from soil and endogenous environment of Chinese fir seedlings and their characterization of phosphate solubilization, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2020, 56(12), 1-9.

  • Yihui Wei, Jiaqi Chen, Guangyu Zhao, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Ruzhen Jiao*, Screeming phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria from Chinese fir plantation soil and optimizing its culture conditions, Forest Research, 2020, 33(4), 83-91.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Yuhong Dong, Yihui Wei, Jiaqi Chen and Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil microbial community structure and composition in Chinese fir plantations of different ages in Fujian, southeast China, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2020, 1-23.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Yuhong Dong, Ruzhen Jiao*, Differences in metabolic functions of soil microbial communities of Chinese fir plantations of different ages, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2019, 55(5), 36-45.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Yihui Wei, Jiaqi Chen & Ruzhen Jiao*, The development of Chinese fir plantations undergo significant changes in soil microbial metabolic function and enzyme activities, Journal of Forest Research, 2019, 24(4), 261-265.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Yihui Wei & Ruzhen Jiao*, Responses of soil microbial community structure to stand densities of Chinese fir plantations, Journal of Forest Research, 2019, 24(3), 162-167.

  • Jingjing Zhao, Chaoqun Wang,Yuhong Dong,Lingyu Hou, Ruzhen Jiao*, Effects of bacterial fertilizers on the growth and soil properties of Pinus elliottii young stand, Forest Research, 2019, 31(1), 153-159.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Yihui Wei, and Ruzhen Jiao*, Unravelling the functional diversity of the soil microbial community of Chinese Fir plantations of different densities, Forests. 2018, 9(9), 532.

  • Chaoqun Wang, Lin Xue, Yuhong Dong, Yihui Wei, and Ruzhen Jiao*, Contrasting effects of Chinese fir plantations of different stand ages on soil enzyme activities and microbial communities, Forests, 2018, 10(1), 11.

  • Caixia Liu, Jingjing Zhao, Ruzhen Jiao*, Screening and functional research of broad spectrum antagonistic strains against forest pathogenic Fungi, Current Biotechnology, 2018, 8(1), 63-70.

  • Caixia Liu, Jingjing Zhao, Ruzhen Jiao*, Studies on the growth characteristics of nitrogen-fixing bacterium in soil of Cunninghamia lanceolata forest, Forest Research, 2018, 31(4), 98-103.

  • Caixia Liu, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Nan Deng, Ruzhen Jiao*, Acidobacteria community responses to nitrogen dose and form in Chinese fir plantations in Southern China, Current Microbiology, 2017, 74, 396-403.

  • Shaowen Liu,Ruzhen Jiao*, Yuhong Dong, Caixia Liu, Research progress in bioremediation of heavy-metal contaminated soil, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2017, 53(5), 146-155.

  • Shaowen Liu,Ruzhen Jiao*,Yuhong Dong, Caixia Liu, Yan Sun, Tolerance and biosorption characteristics of Penicillium oxalicum and Trichoderma viride to mercury, zinc, copper and lead, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2017, 53(10), 100-108.

  • Caixia Liu & Yuhong Dong & Qiwu Sun & Ruzhen Jiao*, Soil bacterial community response to short-term manipulation of the nitrogen deposition form and dose in a Chinese fir plantation in southern China, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution; 2016, 227(12), 1-12.

  • Caixia Liu, Yuhong Dong, Ruzhen Jiao*, Research progress in acidobacteria diversity in forest soil, World Forestry Research, 2016, 29(6), 17-22.

  • Ruzhen Jiao,Yuhong Dong, Zhiquan Ding, Xia Liu, Optimization of technological parameters for efficient production of biochemical fulvic acid by fermentation of molasses alcohol wastewater, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2016, 52(10), 89-95.

  • Caixia Liu,Ruzhen Jiao*, Yuhong Dong, Qiwu Sun, Shaowen Liu, Effect of nitrogen deposition on soil microbial community structure determined with the PLFA method, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2015, 51(6), 155-162.

  • Caixia Liu, Ruzhen Jiao*, Yuhong Dong, Qiwu Sun, Fengqing Li, Xinhua Zhou, Response of soil microbe flora to simulated nitrogen deposition at a plantation of Cunninghamia lanceolata. Forest Research, 2015, 28(2), 271-276.

  • Caixia Liu, Ruzhen Jiao*, Yuhong Dong,Qiwu Sun, Fengqing Li, Xinhua Zhou, Response of the n-cycling associated soil microorganism to simulated n deposition in a plantation of Cunninghamia lanceolata, Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2015, 51(4), 96-102.

  • Tao Cheng, Ruzhen Jiao*, Junlian Gao, Polyphasic identification of two rhizobium strains from woody legumes in jianfengling of Hainan Province, Forest Research, 2015, 28(3), 380-386.

  • Xingliang Shen, Ruzhen Jiao*, Effects of bacterial fertilizer on growth of young oil-tea camellia, Forest Research, 2014, 27(4), 570-574.

  • Mei Han, Ruzhen Jiao*, Yuhong Dong, Distribution pattern of microbes in the deciduous broad-leaved forest soil and screening of functional bacteria in Wolong Nature Reserve. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 2013, 49(10), 113-117.

  • Chengdong Yang, Xudong Cui, Ruzhen Jiao, etc,. Changes and regulation mechanism of soil biochemical activity of Prunus sibirica, 2014, Science Press.

Other results

Forestry Industry Standards of the People's Republic of China

  • LY/T 1228-2015, Nitrogen determination methods of forest soils

  • LY/T 1232-2015, Phosphorus determination methods of forest soils

  • LY/T 1234-2015, Potassium determination methods of forest soils

  • LY/T 3129-2019, Determination of total copper, zinc, iron, manganese in forest soils by inductively coupled plasma-emission spectrometer (ICP-OES)

  • Ruzhen Jiao*, Yihui Wei, Jieqi Chen,Yuhong Dong,Lingyu Hou, Guangyu Zhao, ChaoqunWang, Phosphorus solubilizing bacterium RP22, fermentation product, bactericide and application thereof, Invention patent number: ZL2020 1 0569008.5，Authorization date：2022.2.11

  • Ruzhen Jiao*, Yihui Wei, Jieqi Chen, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Guangyu Zhao, ChaoqunWang, Phosphorus solubilizing bacterium P5, fermentation product, bactericide and application thereof, Invention patent number: ZL2020 1 0569001.3，Authorization date：2022.2.11

  • Ruzhen Jiao*, Yihui Wei, Jieqi Chen, Yuhong Dong, Lingyu Hou, Guangyu Zhao, ChaoqunWang, Phosphorus solubilizing bacterium RP2, fermentation product, bactericide and application thereof, Invention patent number: ZL202010568288.8, Authorization date：2022.5.20

  • Ruzhen Jiao, Zhiquan, The invention relates to a preparation method of high concentration biochemical fulvic acid, Invention patent number: ZL2014 1 0720915.X, Authorization date: 2020.12.18

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 1 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267222.1, Authorization date: 2012.05.02

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 2 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267209.6, Authorization date: 2012.05.02

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 3 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267196.2, Authorization date: 2012.08.22

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 4 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267130.3, Authorization date: 2012.05.02

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 5 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number：ZL2010 1 0267109.3, Authorization date: 2012.05.23

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 6 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267096.X, Authorization date: 2012.05.23

  • Chengdong Yang, Ruzhen Jiao, Functional strain No. 7 and its culture method and application of bactericide, Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267089.X, Authorization date: 2012.7.18

  • Chengdong Yang, Xudong Cui, Dexian Fu, Yaojun Liu, Aijun Zhou, Ruzhen Jiao, Qiwu Sun, Yuhong Dong, Methods for preventing and controlling the survival of apricot seedlings with repeated cropping. Invention patent number: ZL2010 1 0267735.2, Authorization date: 2012.05.23