Li Qinghe

Prof.  Li Qinghe

Organization: Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Ecology

Research field: Shelter forest; soil and water conservation; desertification combating; vegetation restoration in ecotone; phytogeography, xerophyte and halophyte plant stressed ecophysiology; plant reproductive ecology; plant functional ecology; plant germplasm select

E-mail: tsinghel@caf.ac.cn

Main work

Council member of China National Sand Control and Desert Industry Society;

Director of Shrub Branch of Chinese Society of Forestry;

National Ecosystem Research Station in Sanjiangyuan of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau;

Research on the structure and function of shelter forest in the Three-North Regions, China;

Desertification combating technologies for deserts and sandy lands in the Three-North Regions;

Soil erosion and small watershed management in Loess Plateau;

Hillclosing vegetation study in the Taihang Mountain;

Arid site afforestation research in Rocky mountains and Loess Plateau;

Drought resistant and water-saving plant materials selection in sandy regions;

Saline tolerant plant materials selection in the inland Yellow River irrigation district and the coastal wasteland.

Key research projects

  • Research and demonstration of environment-friendly container seedling cultivation and afforestation technology (Funded by MoST), 2019-2022

  • Artificial Sand-fixing Vegetation Stability Maintaining and Rejuvenating Technology (Funded by MoST), 2016-2020

  • Linkage of reproductive allocation and stoichiometry in clonal desert shrub Nitraria tangutorum: response to sand burial (Funded by NSFC), 2014-2018

  • The Promotion and demonstration of the selection and cultivation techonology for excellent shrub germplasm (Funded by SFA), 2011-2013

  • Combating desertification technologies for the Yellow River irrigated oasis in Ulan Buh Desert (Funded by MoST), 2006-2010

  • Degraded vegetation restoration and shelter system construction in the arid oasis edge and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei sand source regions (Funded by MoST), 2006-2010

  • Soil water and heat measurement in arid region (Funded by SFA), 2006-2010

  • Selection and cultivation of drought resistant and water-saving plant materials in sandy regions (863 Project, Funded by MoST), 2002-2005

Published articles & books

Papers

  • Li Qinghe, Duan Na, Liu Chenggong, Li Huiqing, Xu Lan. 2023. Allometry of bud dynamic pattern and linkage between bud traits and ecological stoichiometry of Nitraria tangutorum under fertilizer addition. PeerJ 11:e14934.

  • Liu Chenggong, Duan Na, Chen Xiaona, Li Xu, Zhao Naqi, Cao Wenxu, Li Huiqing, Liu Bo, Tan Fengsen, Zhao Xiulian, Li Qinghe*. 2023. Transcriptome Profiling and Chlorophyll Metabolic Pathway Analysis Reveal the Response of Nitraria tangutorum to Increased Nitrogen. Plants 12:895.

  • Liu Chenggong, Duan Na, Chen Xiaona, Li Huiqing, Zhao Xiulian, Duo Puzeng, Wang Ji, Li Qinghe*. 2022. Metabolic Pathways Involved in the Drought Stress Response of Nitraria tangutorum as Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis. Forests 13:509.

  • Li, Huiqing, Li Qinghe*, Xing Lei, Sun Gaojie, and Zhao Xiulian. 2020. Comparison of cold hardiness evaluation of woody species by ELLT and TTCLT. HortScience 55:1228-1232.

  • Xing Lei, Duan Na, Li Qinghe*, Liu Chenggong, Li Huiqing, Sun Gaojie. 2020. Variation in biomass allocation of Nitraria tangutorum during different phenological phases. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 44:763-771.

  • Xing Lei, Liu Chenggong, Li Qinghe*, DUAN Na, Li Huiqing, Sun Gaojie. 2020. An ecological stoichiometry model based on the size of Nitraria tangutorum. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 31: 366-372.

  • Li Qinghe, Xu Jun, Li Huiqing, et al. Effects of aspect on clonal reproduction and biomass allocation of layering modules of Nitraria tangutorum in nebkha dunes. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(10): e79927.

  • Li Qinghe, Xu Jun, Wang Saixiao, et al. Dominant population distribution and community gradient changes of Nitraria tangutorum in the northeastern Ulan Buh Desert. J Food Agric Environ, 2012, 10(3&4): 913-918.

  • Li Qinghe, Wang Saixiao, Zhao Yingming, et al. Irradiation dose and effect on germination and growth of desert shrub Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. with two Gamma irradiation modes. Pak J Bot, 2012, 44(2): 661-666.

  • Li Qinghe, Xin Zhiming, Gao Tingting, et al. Reproductive allocation in four desert species of the genus Nitraria L. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2012, 32(16): 5054-5061.

Selected books

  • Chen Xiaoyang, Li Qinghe, et al. Shrubbery resources of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 2021 (in Chinese)

  • Jiang Zeping, Li Huiqing, Li Qinghe, Meng Ping. Woody plant propagation for desertification-prone land in China. Beijing: Science Press, 2016 (in Chinese)

  • Qinghe Li, Zeping Jiang. Research on plant species of genus Nitraria L. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 2011 (in Chinese)

Other results   

Patent

  • Liu Chenggong Li Qinghe, et al., 2022. An auxiliary device for   establishing and retaining water for desert plant in arid areas, ZL202123067042.1. Beijing: China National Intellectual Property Administration.

  • Liu Chenggong, Li Qinghe, et al., 2021. A nutrient bowl for sand plant cultivation with a sun blocking device, ZL202121586688.8. Beijing: China National Intellectual Property Administration.

  • Li, Qinghe, Shi Shengjin. 2011. A kind of soil evaporation sensor, ZL 2010 2 0623465. X. Beijing: China National Intellectual Property Administration.