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Prof. J Zhang

PROF. ZHANG, Jianhua(張建華)

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A. Original research papers in refereed journals (Zhang J as corresponding author):

1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2011

B. Invited reviews in journals

C. Edited volumes

D. Review papers (chapters) in books

A. Original research papers in refereed journals (Zhang J as corresponding author):

1986

1.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1986. Chemical and hydraulic influences on the stomata of flooded plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 37, 1479-1491.

1987

2.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1987. ABA in root and leaves of flooded pea plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 38, 649-659.
3.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1987. Increased synthesis of ABA in partially dehydrated root tips and ABA transport from roots to leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 38, 2015-2023.
4.	Zhang J, Schurr U, Davies WJ. 1987. Control of stomatal behaviour by abscisic acid which apparently originates in roots. Journal of Experimental Botany 38, 1174-1181.

1989

5.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1989. Abscisic acid produced in dehydrating roots may enable the plant to measure the water status of the soil. Plant, Cell and Environment 12, 73-81.
6.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1989. Sequential responses of whole plant water relations towards prolonged soil drying and the mediation by xylem sap ABA concentrations in the regulation of stomatal behaviour of sunflower plants. New Phytologist 113, 167-174.
7.	Neales TF, Masia A, Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1989. The effects of partially drying part of the root system of Helianthus annuus on the abscisic acid content of the roots, xylem sap and leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 40, 1113-1120.

1990

8.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1990. Changes in the concentration of ABA in xylem sap as a function of changing soil water status will account for changes in leaf conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment 13, 277-285.
9.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1990. Does ABA in the xylem control the rate of leaf growth in soil-dried maize and sunflower plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 41, 1125-1132.

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1991

10.	Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1991. Antitranspirant activity in the xylem sap of maize plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 42, 317-321.
11.	Tardieu F, Katerji N, Bethenod O, Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1991. Maize stomatal conductance in the field: its relationship with soil and plant water potentials, mechanical constraints and ABA concentration in the xylem sap. Plant, Cell and Environment 14, 121-126.

1992

12.	Tardieu F, Zhang J, Katerji N, Bethenod O, Palmer S, Davies WJ. 1992. Xylem ABA controls the stomatal conductance of field-grown maize subjected to soil compaction or soil drying. Plant, Cell and Environment 15. 193-197.
13.	Tardieu F, Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1992. What information is conveyed by an ABA signal from maize roots in drying field soil. Plant, Cell and Environment 15, 185-191.

1993

14.	Tardieu F, Zhang J, Gowing DJ. 1993. Stomatal control by both [ABA] in the xylem sap and leaf water status: a test of a model for droughted and ABA-fed field-grown maize. Plant, Cell and Environment 16, 413-420.

1994

15.	Hartung W, Zhang J, Davies WJ. 1994. Does abscisic acid play a stress physiological role in maize plants growing in heavily compacted soil? Journal of Experimental Botany 45, 221-226.
16.	Zhang J. 1994. Accumulation of ABA in maize root in response to root severing. New Phytologist 127, 309-314.
17.	Zhang J, Zhang X. 1994. Can early wilting of old leaves account for much of the ABA accumulation in flooded pea plants? Journal of Experimental Botany 45, 1335-1342.
18.	Li D, Zhang J. 1994. Effect of upper soil drying on water use efficiency of maize plants (Zea mays). Acta Phytobiologica Sinica 4(2), 19-25. (In Chinese)

1995

19.	Zhang J, Liang J, Wong MH. 1995. The effect of high CO2 and low O2 concentrations in simulated landfill gas on the growth and nodule activity of Leucaena leucocephala. Plant and Cell Physiology 36, 1431-1438.
20.	Zhang J, Zhang X, Liang J. 1995. Exudation rate and hydraulic conductivity of maize roots are enhanced by soil drying and ABA treatment. New Phytologist 131, 329-336.

1996

21.	Liang J, Zhang J, Wong MH. 1996. Stomatal conductance in relation to xylem sap ABA concentrations in two tropical trees, Acacia confusa and Litsea glutinosa. Plant, Cell and Environment 19, 93-100.
22.	Zhang J, Tardieu F. 1996. Relative contribution of apices and mature tissues to ABA synthesis in droughted maize root systems. Plant and Cell Physiology 37, 598-605.
23.	Jia W, Zhang J, Zhang D-P. 1996. Metabolism of xylem-delivered ABA in relation to ABA flux and concentration in leaves of maize and Commelina communis. Journal of Experimental Botany 47, 1085-1091.
24.	Liang J, Zhang J, Wong MH. 1996. Effects of air-filled soil porosity and aeration on the initiation and growth of secondary roots of maize (Zea mays). Plant and Soil 186, 245-254.

1997

25.	Liang J, Zhang J, Wong MH. 1997. How do roots control xylem sap ABA concentration in response to soil drying? Plant and Cell Physiology 38, 10-16.
26.	Zhang J, Jia W, Zhang D-P. 1997. Effect of leaf water status and xylem pH on metabolism of xylem-transported abscisic acid. Plant Growth Regulation 21, 51-58.
27.	Jia W, Zhang J. 1997. Comparison of exportation and metabolism of xylem-delivered ABA in maize leaves at different water status and xylem sap pH. Plant Growth Regulation 21, 43-49.
28.	Liang J, Zhang J, Wong MH. 1997. Can stomatal closure caused by xylem ABA explain the inhibition of leaf photosynthesis under soil drying? Photosynthesis Research 51, 149-159.
29.	Li D, Meng Q, Zhang J, Zou Q. 1997. Water use efficiency of sunflower plants subjected to influence of root signals. Acta Phytobiologica Sinica 7(1), 35-42. (In Chinese)
30.	Li D, Li Y, Zhang J, Zou Q. 1997. Growth rate and biomass production of sunflower plants subjected to influence of root signals. Acta Phytobiologica Sinica 7(1), 43-49. (In Chinese)
31.	Zhang J, Jia W, Zhang D. 1997. Re-export and metabolism of xylem-delivered ABA in attached maize leaves under different transpirational fluxes and xylem ABA concentrations. Journal of Experimental Botany 48, 1557-1564.
32.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1997. Collection of xylem sap at flow rate similar to in vivo transpiration flux. Plant and Cell Physiology 38, 1375-1381.
33.	Zhu X, Zhang J. 1997. Anti-transpiration and anti-growth activities in the xylem sap from plants under different types of soil stress. New Phytologist 137, 657-664.
34.	Li D, Zhang J, Zou Q. 1997. Root signals and water use efficiency in plants. Acta Phytobiologica Sinica 7(1), 59-62. (In Chinese)
35.	Kang S, Zhang J. 1997. Hydraulic conductivities in soil-root system and relative importance at different soil water potential and temperature. Transactions of Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering 13(2), 76-81. (In Chinese)
36.	Kang S, Zhang J, Liang Z, Hu X, Cai H. 1997. The controlled alternative irrigation -- A new approach for water saving regulation in farmland. Agricultural Research in Arid Area 15(1), 1-6. (In Chinese)
37.	Liang Z, Kang S, Hu W, Zhang J, Gao J. 1997. Effect of controlled roots-divided alternative irrigation on water use efficiency. Transactions of Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering 13(4), 58-63. (In Chinese)

1998

38.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1998. Thermostability of photosystem II is increased in salt-stressed sorghum. Australia Journal of Plant Physiology 25, 317-324.
39.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1998. Changes in photosystem II function during senescence of wheat leaves. Physiologia Plantarum, 104, 239-247.
40.	Zhang J, Sui X, Li B, Su B, Li J, Zhou D. 1998. An improved water-use efficiency for winter wheat grown under reduced irrigation. Field Crop Research 59, 91-98.
41.	Kang S, Liang Z, Hu W, Zhang J. 1998. Water use efficiency of controlled alternate irrigation on root-divided maize plants. Agricultural Water Management 38, 69-76.
42.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1998. Modifications in photosystem II photochemistry in senescent leaves of maize plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 49, 1671-1679.
43.	Lu C, Zhang J, Vonshak A. 1998. Inhibition of quantum yield of PSII electron transport in Spirulina platensis by osmotic stress may be explained mainly by an increase in the proportion of the QB-non-reducing PSII reaction centres. Australia Journal of Plant Physiology, 25, 689-694.
44.	Liang J, Zhang J, Cao X, Wong MH. 1998. Inhibition of respiratory activity may be responsible for the lowering of nitrogenase activity of water-stressed Leucaena leucocephala nodules. Acta Phytophysiologica Sinica, 24(3), 285-292. (In Chinese)
45.	Liang J, Zhang J, Cao X. 1998. Effects of changes of temperature around roots in relation to water uptake by roots and leaf transpiration. Acta Botanica Sinica, 40, 1152-1158. (In Chinese)
46.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1998. An open-flow gas exchange system used to measure nitrogenase activity of nodules and its application. Journal of Jiangsu Agricultural College, 19(2), 25-29. (In Chinese)
47.	Liang J, Zhang J, Chan GYS, Wong MH. 1998. Effects of landfill leachate irrigation on the growth of subtropical trees during dry season. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 5(3), 240-246. (In Chinese)
48.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1998. Effects of water stress on photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and and photoinhibition in wheat plants. Australia Journal of Plant Physiology, 25, 883-892.
49.	Zhang Q, Zhu X, Lu C, Feng L, Kuang T, Zhang J. 1998. Effects of doubled CO2 concentration on light absorption and excitation energy distribution between PS II and I in chloroplasts of winter wheat under salt stress. Acta Biophysica Sinica 14, 537-542. (In Chinese)
50.	Liang Z, Kang S, Zhang J, Gao J. 1998. Effect on water use efficiency and water-saving by controlled root-divided alternative irrigation. Scientia Agricultura Sinica 31(5), 88-90. (In Chinese)

1999

51.	Jia W, Zhang J. 1999. Stomatal closure is induced rather by prevailing xylem abscisic acid than by accumulated amount of xylem-derived abscisic acid. Physiologia Plantarum 106, 268-275.
52.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1999. Effects of water stress on photosystem II photochemistry and its thermostability in wheat plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 1199-1206.
53.	Liang J, Zhang J, Chan GYS, Wong MH. 1999. Can differences in root responses to soil drying and compaction explain differences in performance of trees growing on landfill sites? Tree Physiology, 19, 619-624.
54.	Wang H, Zhang J, Liang J, Yin W. 1999. Response of woody plant root and xylem sap ATP to soil drying. Chinese Science Bulletin, 44, 1063-1068. (English version, volume 44, 1172-1178.) (In both Chinese and English Versions)
55.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1999. Copper-induced inhibition of PSII photochemistry in cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis is stimulated by light. Journal of Plant Physiology, 154, 173-178.
56.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1999. The relations of stomatal closure and reopening to xylem ABA concentration and leaf water potential during soil drying and rewatering. Plant Growth Regulation, 29, 77-86.
57.	Lu C, Zhang J. 1999. Effects of salt stress on PSII function and photoinhibition in cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. Jounal of Plant Physiology, 155, 740-745.
58.	Wang H, Zhang J, Liang J, Yin W. 1999. Root and xylem ABA changes in response to soil drying in two woody plants. Chinese Science Bulletin 44, 2053 - 2058. (English version, Vol 44, 2236 - 2241). (In both Chinese and English Versions)
59.	Xu C, Li D, Zou Q, Zhang J. 1999. Effects of drought on chlorophyll fluorescence and xanthophyll cycle components in winter wheat leaves with different ages. Acta Phytophysiologica Sinica, 25(1), 29-37. (In Chinese)
60.	Yan C, Li D, Zhang J. 1999. Plant leaf senescence and oxidative stress. Chinese Bulletin of Botany 16, 398-404. (In Chinese)
61.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1999. Effects of periodical soil drying and leaf water potential on the sensitivity of stomatal response to xylem ABA. Acta Botanica Sinica 41 (8), 855-861. (In Chinese)
62.	Kang S, Zhang J, Liang J. 1999. Combined effects of soil water content and temperature on plant root hydraulic conductivity. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 23 (3), 211-219. (In Chinese)
63.	Li J, Lan X, Wang P, Zhou D, Zhang J. 1999. Compensative effects of phosphorus fertilizer to limited water supply in winter wheat plants. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 14(4), 78-82. (In Chinese)

2000

64.	Jia W, Zhang J. 2000. Water stress-induced abscisic acid accumulation in relation to reducing agents and sulfhydryl modifiers in maize plant. Plant, Cell and Environment 23, 1389-1396.
65.	Lu C, Zhang J. 2000. Role of light in the response of PSII photochemistry to salt stress in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. Journal of Experimental Botany 51, 911-917.
66.	Kang S, Shi W, Zhang J. 2000. An improved water-use efficiency for maize grown under regulated deficit irrigation. Field Crop Research 67, 207-214.
67.	Yang J, Zhang J, Huang Z, Zhu Q, Wang L. 2000. Remobilization of carbon reserves is improved by controlled soil-drying during grain filling of wheat. Crop Science 40, 1645-1655.
68.	Mi G, Tang L, Zhang F, Zhang J. 2000. Is nitrogen uptake after anthesis in wheat regulated by sink size? Field Crop Research 68, 183-190.
69.	Wang B-S, Ratajczak R, Zhang J. 2000. Activity, amount and subunit composition of vacuolar-type H+-ATPase and H+-PPase in wheat roots under severe NaCl stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 157, 109-116.
70.	Lu C, Zhang J. 2000. Heat-induced multiple effects on PSII in wheat plants. Journal of Plant Physiology, 156, 259-265.
71.	Lu C, Chau C, Zhang J. 2000. Acute toxicity of excess mercury on the photosynthetic performance of cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis Assessment by chlorophyll fluorescence analysis. Chemosphere, 41, 191-196.
72.	Kang S, Cai H, Zhang J. 2000. Estimation of maize evapotranspiration under water deficits in a semiarid region. Agricultural Water Management, 43, 1-14.
73.	Lu C, Zhang J. 2000. Photosynthetic CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll fluorescence and photoinhibition as affected by nitrogen deficiency in maize plants. Plant Science, 151, 135-143.
74.	Kang S, Liang Z, Pan Y, Shi P, Zhang J. 2000. Alternate furrow irrigation for maize production in arid area. Agricultural Water Management, 45, 267-274.
75.	Wang H, Yin W, Zhang J, Liang J. 2000. Root ultraweak luminescence subjected to soil drying in Playtycladus orientalis and Acacia auriculiformis. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 36(1), 2-8. (In Chinese)
76.	Lu C, Zhang J. 2000. Photosystem II photochemistry and its sensitivity to heat stress in maize plants as affected by nitrogen deficiency. Journal of Plant Physiology, 157, 124-130.
77.	Kang S, Shi P, Pan Y, Liang Z, Hu X, Zhang J. 2000. Soil water distribution, uniformity and water use efficiency under alternate furrow irrigation in arid area. Irrigation Science 19, 181-190.
78.	Yan C-S, Li D-Q, Zhang J. 2000. Oxidative damage and antioxidant responses during drought-induced winter wheat flag leaf senescence. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica 20, 568-576. (In Chinese)
79.	Zhang Q-D, Wen X-G, Lu C-M, Feng L-J, Kuang T-Y, Zhang J. 2000. Effects of CO2 doubling on some photosynthetic functions of spring wheat under salt stress. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 24, 308-311. (In Chinese)
80.	Zhang Q, Zhang J, Liu H, Li J. 2000. Effects of limited irrigation and different fertilisation ways on some photosynthetic functions of flag leaves in winter wheat. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, 6 (1), 24-29. (In Chinese)
81.	Liang Z, Kang S, Gao J, Zhang J. 2000. Effect of abscisic acid and alternative split-root osmotic stress on root growth and transpiration efficiency in maize. Acta Agronomica Sinica, 26 (2), 250-255. (In Chinese)
82.	Zhang Q, Liu H, Zhang J, Li J. 2000. Effects of limited irrigation on some photosynthetic functions of flag leaves in winter wheat. Acta Agronomica Sinica 24 (3), 308-311. (In Chinese)

2001

83.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Wang W. 2001. Hormonal changes in the grains of rice subjected to water stress during grain filling. Plant Physiology 127, 315-323.
84.	Jia W, Liang J. Zhang J. 2001. Initiation and regulation of water deficit-induced abscisic acid accumulation in maize leaves and roots: cellular volume and water relations. Journal of Experimental Botany 52, 295-300.
85.	Liang J, Zhang J, Cao X. 2001. Grain sink strength may be related to the poor grain filling of indica-japonica rice (Oryza sativa) hybrids. Physiologia Plantarum, 112, 470-477.
86.	Yang J, Zhang J, Huang Z, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2001. Water deficit-induced senescence and its relationship to the remobilization of pre-stored carbon in wheat during grain filling period. Agronomy Journal 93, 196-206.
87.	Kang S, Zhang F, Zhang J. 2001. A simulation model of water dynamics in winter wheat field and its application in a semiarid region. Agricultural Water Management 49, 115-129.
88.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Wang W. 2001. Remobilization of carbon reserves in response to water-deficit during grain filling of rice. Field Crop Research 71, 47-55.
89.	Lu C, Lu Q, Zhang J, Kuang T. 2001. Xanthophyll cycle, light energy dissipation and photosystem II down-regulation in senescent leaves of wheat plants grown in the field. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 28, 1023-1030.
90.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q. 2001. Activities of starch hydrolytic enzymes and sucrose-phosphate synthase in the stems of rice subjected to water stress during grain filling. Journal of Experimental Botany 52, 2169-2179.
91.	Lu C, Lu Q, Zhang J, Kuang K. 2001. Characterization of photosynthetic pigment composition, photosystem II photochemistry and thermal energy dissipation during leaf senescence of wheat plants grown in the field. Journal of Experimental Botany 52, 1805-1810.
92.	Lu C, Zhang J, Zhang Q, Li L, Kuang T. 2001. Modification of photosystem II photochemistry in nitrogen deficient maize and wheat plants. Journal of Plant Physiology 158, 1423-1430.
93.	Jiang M, Zhang J. 2001. Effect of abscisic acid on active oxygen species, antioxidative defence system and oxidative damage in leaves of maize seedlings. Plant and Cell Physiology 42, 1265-1273.
94.	Zhang Q, Zhu X, Wang Q, Lu C, Kuang T, Zhang W, Zhang J. 2001. Photosynthetic characters of F1 hybrids in winter wheat and their parents. Acta Agronomica Sinica 27, 653-657. (in Chinese)
95.	Zhang Z, Liu M, Zhong G, Zhang J, Yuan P. 2001. The rise of blue revolution in the 21st century. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 9, 18-23. (in Chinese)
96.	Kang S, Pan Y, Shi P, Zhang J. 2001. Theory and practice of alternative partial rootzone irrigation. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 11, 80-86. (in Chinese)

2002

97.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2002. Abscisic acid and cytokinins in the root exudates and leaves and their relations with senescence and remobilization of carbon reserves in rice subjected to water stress during grain filling. Planta 215, 645-652.
98.	Jiang M, Zhang J. 2002. Involvement of plasma membrane NADPH oxidase in abscisic acid and water stress-induced antioxidant defense in maize leaves. Planta 215, 1022-1030.
99.	Yang J, Zhang J, Liu L, Wang Z, Zhu Q. 2002. Carbon remobilization and grain filling in japonica/indica hybrid rice subjected to post-anthesis water deficits. Agronomy Journal 94, 102-109.
100.	Jiang M Zhang J 2002. Water stress-induced abscisic acid accumulation triggers the increased generation of reactive antioxidant enzymes in maize leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 2401-2410.
101.	Jia W, Wang Y, Zhang S, Zhang J. 2002. Salt stress-induced ABA accumulation is more sensitively triggered in roots than in shoots. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 2201-2206.
102.	Kang S, Zhang F, Hu X, Zhang J. 2002. Benefits of CO2 enrichment on crop plants are modified by soil water status. Plant and Soil 238, 69-77.
103.	Mi G, Tang L, Zhang F, Zhang J. 2002. Carbohydrate storage and utilization during grain filling as regulated by nitrogen application in two wheat cultivars. Journal of Plant Nutrition 25, 213-229.
104.	Kang S, Shi W, Cao H, Zhang J. 2002. Alternate watering in soil vertical profile improved water use efficiency of maize (Zea mays). Field Crops Research 77, 31-41.
105.	Jiang M Zhang J 2002. Role of Abscisic acid in water stress-induced antioxidant defense in leaves of maize seedlings. Free Radical Research 36, 1001-1015.
106.	Lu Q, Lu C, Zhang J, Kuang T. 2002. Photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence during flag leaf senescence of wheat plants grown in the field. Journal of Plant Physiology 159, 1173-1178.
107.	Yang J, Zhang J, Huang Z, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2002. Correlation of cytokinin levels in the endosperms and roots with cell number and cell division activity during endosperm development in rice. Annals of Botany 90, 369-377.
108.	Liang Z, Zhang F, Shao M, Zhang J. 2002. The relations of stomatal conductance, water consumption, growth rate to leaf water potential during soil drying and rewatering cycle of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 43, 187-192.
109.	Zhang Z, Xu P, Zhang J, Wang J. 2002. Advance on study of molecular marker and gene cloning and transgenes in drought resistance and water saving in crops. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica 22, 1537-1544.

2003

110.	Jiang M Zhang J 2003. Cross-talk between calcium and reactive oxygen species originated from NADPH oxidase in abscisic acid-induced antioxidant defense in leaves of maize seedlings. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 929-939.
111.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2003. Involvement of abscisic acid and cytokinins in the senescence and remobilization of carbon reserves in wheat subjected to water stress during grain filling. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 1621-1631.
112.	Lu C, Qiu N, Wang B, Zhang J. 2003. Salinity treatment shows no effects on photosystem II photochemistry but increases the resistance of photosystem II to heat stress in halophyte Suaeda salsa. Journal of Experimental Botany 54, 851-860.
113.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Liu L, Zhu Q. 2003. Postanthesis water deficits enhance grain filling in two-line hybrid rice. Crop Science 43, 2099-2108.
114.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2003. Activities of enzymes involved in sucrose-to-starch metabolism in rice grains subjected to water stress during grain filling. Field Crops Research 81, 69-81.
115.	Kang S, Gu B, Du T, Zhang J. 2003. Crop coefficient and ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration of winter wheat and maize in a semi-humid region. Agricultural Water Management 59, 239-254.
116.	Kang S, Hu X, Jerie P, Zhang J. 2003. The effects of partial rootzone drying on root, trunk sap flow and water balance in an irrigated pear (Pyrus communis L.) orchard. Journal of Hydrology 280, 192-206.
117.	Li F, Kang S, Zhang J. 2003. CO₂ enrichment on biomass accumulation and nitrogen nutrition of spring wheat under different soil nitrogen and water status. Journal of Plant Nutrition 26, 769-788.
118.	Kang S, Hu X, Du T, Jerie P, Zhang J. 2003. Transpiration coefficient and ratio of transpiration to evapo- transpiration of pear tree (Pyrus communis L.) under alternative partial rootzone drying condition. Hydrological Processes 17, 1165-1176.
119.	Li F, Kang S, Zhang J, Cohen S. 2003. Effects of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment, water status and applied nitrogen on water- and nitrogen-use efficiencies of wheat. Plant and Soil 254, 279–289.
120.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Zhu Q. 2003. Hormones in the grains in relation to sink strength and postanthesis development of spikelets in rice. Plant Growth Regulation 41, 185-195.
121.	Pang J, Chan GSY, Zhang J, Liang J, Wong MH. 2003. Physiological aspects of vetiver grass for rehabilitation in abandoned metalliferous mine wastes. Chemosphere 52, 1559-1570.

2004

122.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Xu G, Zhu Q. 2004. Activities of key enzymes in sucrose to starch conversion in wheat grains subjected to water deficit during grain filling. Plant Physiology 135, 1621-1629..
123.	Yang J, Zhang J, Ye Y, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2004. Involvement of abscisic acid and ethylene in the responses of rice grains to water stress during filling. Plant, Cell and Environment 27, 1055-1064.
124.	Kang S, Su X, Tong L, Shi P, Yang X, Abe Y, Shen Q, Zhang J. 2004. The impacts of water-related human activities on the water-land environment of Shiyang River Basin, an arid region in Northwest China. Hydrological Science Journal, 49, 413–427.
125.	Yang J, Zhang J, Ye Y, Wang Z, Zhu Q, Liu L. 2004.Activities of fructan- and sucrose-metabolizing enzymes in wheat stems subjected to water stress during grain filling. Planta, 220, 331-343.
126.	Li F, Kang S, Zhang J. 2004. Interactive effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen and drought on leaf area, stomatal conductance, and evapotranspiration of wheat. Agricultural Water Management 67, 221-233.
127.	Liu Y, Mi G,, Chen F, Zhang J, Zhang F. 2004. Rhizosphere effect and root growth of two maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes with contrasting P efficiency at low P availability. Plant Science 167, 217–223.
128.	Zhang F, Kang S, Zhang J, Zhang R, Li F. 2004. Nitrogen fertilization on uptake of soil inorganic phosphorus fractions in the wheat root zone. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68, 1890–1895.
129.	Wang Y, Mi G, Chen F, Zhang J, Zhang F. 2004. Response of root morphology of nitrate supply and its contribution to nitrogen accumulation in maize, Journal of Plant Nutrition 27, 2189-2202.

2005

130.	Tang L, Li Y, Zhang J. 2005. Physiological and yield responses of cotton under partial rootzone irrigation. Field Crops Research in the press.
131.	Gong Y, Zhang J, Gao J, Lu J, Wang J. 2005. Slow export of photoassimilate from stay-green leaves during late grain filling stage in hybrid winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 191, 292-299.
132.	Gong D, Kang S, Zhang J. 2005. Responses of canopy transpiration and canopy conductance of peach (Prunus persica) trees to alternate partial root zone drip irrigation. Hydrological Processes 19, 2575-2590.

2006

133.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Liu K, Wang P. 2006. Postanthesis development of inferior and superior spikelets in rice in relation to abscisic acid and ethylene. Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 149-160.
134.	Zhang A, Jiang M, Zhang J, Tan M, Hu X. 2006 Mitogen-activated protein kinase is involved in abscisic acid-induced antioxidant defense and acts downstream of reactive oxygen species production in leaves of maize plants. Plant Physiology 141, 475-487.
135.	Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Liu K, Wang P. 2006. Abscisic acid and ethylene interact in wheat grains in response to soil-drying during grain filling. New Phytologist 171, 293-303
136.	Chen Y, Ji F, Xie H, Liang J, Zhang J. 2006. The regulator of G-protein signaling proteins involved in sugar and abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis seed germination. Plant Physiology 140, 302-310.
137.	Du T, Kang S, Zhang J, Li F, Hu X. 2006. Yield and physiological responses of cotton to partial root-zone irrigation in the oasis field of northwest China. Agricultural Water Management 84, 41-52.
138.	Chu WK, Wong MH, Zhang J. 2006. Accumulation, distribution and transformation of DDT and PCBs by Phragmites australis and Oryza sativa L.: I. Whole plant study. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 28, 159-168.
139.	Chu WK, Wong MH, Zhang J. 2006. Accumulation, distribution and transformation of DDT and PCBs by Phragmites australis and Oryza sativa L.: II. Enzyme study. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 28, 169-181.
140.	Yang HM, Zhang XY, Wang GX, Zhang J. 2006. Water channels are involved in stomatal oscillations encoded by parameter specific cytosolic calcium oscillations. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 48, 790−799.
141.	Hu X, Zhang A, Zhang J, Jiang M. 2006. Abscisic acid is a key inducer of hydrogen peroxide production in leaves of maize plants exposed to water stress. Plant Cell Physiology 47, 1484-1495.
142.	Hu T, Kang S, Zhang F, Zhang J. 2006. Alternate application of osmotic and nitrogen stresses to partial root system: effects on root growth and nitrogen use efficiency. Journal of Plant Nutrition 29, 2079-2092.

2007

143. Xing Y, Jia W, Zhang J. 2007. AtMEK1 mediates stress-induced gene expression of CAT1 catalase via triggering H₂O₂ production in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 2969-0981.

144. Ren H, Gao H, Chen L, Wei K, Liu J, Fan Y, Davies WJ, Jia W, Zhang J. 2007. Dynamic analysis of ABA accumulation in relation to the rate of ABA catabolism in maize tissues under water deficit. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 211-219.

145. Hu X, Jiang M, Zhang J, Zhang A, Lin F, Tan M. 2007. Calcium–calmodulin is required for abscisic acid-induced antioxidant defense and functions both upstream and downstream of H₂O₂ production in leaves of maize (Zea mays) plants. New Phytologist 173, 27-38.

146. Zhou Y, Lam H-M, Zhang J. 2007. Inhibition of photosynthesis and energy dissipation induced by water and high light stresses in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 1207-1217.

147. Yang J, Zhang J, Liu K, Wang Z, Liu L. 2007. Involvement of polyamines in the drought resistance of rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 1545-1555.

148. Zhang A, Jiang M, Zhang J, Ding H, Xu S, Hu X, Tan M. 2007. Nitric oxide induced by hydrogen peroxide mediates abscisic acid-induced activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade involved in antioxidant defense in maize leaves. New Phytologist 175, 36-50.

149. Yang J, Zhang J, Liu K, Wang Z, Liu L. 2007. Abscisic acid and ethylene interact in rice spikelets in response to water stress during meiosis. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 26, 318-328.

150. Xu G, Zhang J, Lam H-M, Wang Z, Yang J. 2007. Hormonal changes are related to the poor grain filling in the inferior spikelets of rice cultivated under non-flooded and mulched condition. Field Crops Research 101, 53-67.

151. Fan M, Bai R, Zhao X, Zhang J. 2007. Aerenchyma formed under phosphorus deficiency contributes to the reduced root hydraulic conductivity in maize roots. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49, 598-604.

152. Zhang F, Kang S, Li F, Zhang J. 2007. Growth and major nutrient concentrations in Brassica campestris supplied with different NH₄⁺/NO₃^– ratios. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49, 455−462.

153. Ma F, Kang S, Li F, Zhang J, Du T, Hu X, Wang M. 2007. Effect of water deficit in different growth stages on stem sap flux of greenhouse grown pear-jujube tree. Agricultural Water Management 90, 190-196.

154. Qu Y, Kang S, Li F, Zhang J, Xia G, Li W. 2007. Xylem sap flows of irrigated Tamarix elongata Ledeb and the influence of environmental factors in the desert region of northwest China. Hydrological Processes 21, 1363-1369.

155. Li F, Liang J, Kang S, Zhang J. 2007. Benefits of alternate partial root-zone irrigation on growth, water and nitrogen use efficiencies modified by fertilization and soil water status in maize. Plant and Soil 295, 279-291.

156. Xu G, Zhang Z, Zhang J, Yang J. 2007. Much Improved Water use Efficiency of Rice under Non-Flooded Mulching Cultivation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2007, 49, 1527–1534.

157. Yang J, Liu K, Wang Z, Du Y, Zhang J. 2007. Water-Saving and High-Yielding Irrigation for Lowland Rice by Controlling Limiting Values of Soil Water Potential. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2007, 49, 1445–1454.

158. Ren H, Wei K, Jia W, Davies WJ, Zhang J. 2007. Modulation of Root Signals in Relation to Stomatal Sensitivity to root-sourced ABA in droughted plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49, 1413-1421.

159. Lü B, Gong ZH, Wang J, Zhang J, Liang JS. 2007. Microtubule dynamics in Zea mays roots in response to drought stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 2565–2572.

160. Lü B, Chen F, Gong ZH, Xie H, Zhang J, Liang JS. 2007. Intracellular localization of integrin-like protein and its roles in osmotic stress-induced ABA biosynthesis in Zea mays. Protoplasma 232, 35-43.

161. Du T, Kang S, Zhang J. 2007. Response of Cotton Growth and Water Use to Different Partial Root Zone Irrigation. Scientia Agricultura Sinica 40, 2546-2555.

　　

2008

162. Xing Y, Jia W, Zhang J. 2008. AtMKK1 mediates ABA-induced CAT1 expression and H₂O₂ production via AtMPK6-coupled signaling in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 54, 440-451.

163. Kang S; Su X, Tong L, Zhang J, Zhang, L, Davies WJ. 2008. A warning from an ancient oasis: intensive human activities are leading to potential ecological and social catastrophe. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 15, 440-447.

164. Yang J, Cao Y, Zhang H, Liu L, Zhang J. 2008. Involvement of polyamines in the post-anthesis development of inferior and superior spikelets in rice. Planta 228, 137-149.

165. Wang J, Kang S, Li F, Zhang F, Li Z, Zhang J. 2008. Effects of alternate partial root-zone irrigation on soil microorganism and maize growth. Plant and Soil 302, 45-52.

166. Du T, Kang S, Zhang J, Li F. 2008. Water use and yield responses of cotton to alternate partial root-zone drip irrigation in the arid area of north-west China. Irrigation Science 26, 147-159.

167. Hao G, Xing Y, Zhang J. 2008. Role of nitric oxide dependent on nitric oxide synthase-like activity in the water stress signalling of maize seedlings. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50, 435-442.

168. Zhang Z, Zhang S, Yang J, Zhang J. 2008. Yield, grain quality and water use efficiency of rice under non-flooded mulching cultivation. Field Crops Research 108, 71-81.

169. Zhang H, Zhang S, Yang J, Zhang J, Wang Z. 2008. Postanthesis moderate wetting drying improves both quality and quantity of rice yield. Agronomy Journal 100, 726-734.

170. Hu X, Wang W, Li C, Zhang J, Lin F, Zhang A, Jiang M. 2008. Cross-talks between Ca2+/CaM and H2O2 in abscisic acid-induced antioxidant defense in leaves of maize plants exposed to water stress. Plant Growth Regulation 55, 183-198.

171. Fung KF, Carr HP, Zhang J, Wong MH. 2008. Growth and nutrient uptake of tea under different aluminium concentrations. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88, 1582-1591.

172. Du T, Kang S, Zhang J, Li F, Yan B. 2008. Water use efficiency and fruit quality of table grape under alternate partial root-zone drip irrigation. Agricultural Water Management 95, 659-668.

　　

2009

173. Cui S, Hu J, Yang B, Shi L, Huang F, Tsai S-N, Ngai S-M, He Y, Zhang J. 2009. Proteomic characterization of Phragmites communis in ecotypes of swamp and desert dune. Proteomics 9, 3950-3967.

174. Liu Y, Shi L, Ye N, Liu R, Jia W, Zhang J. 2009. Nitric oxide-induced rapid decrease of ABA concentration is required in seed dormancy break in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 183, 1030–1042.

175. Xing Y, Jia W, Zhang J. 2009. AtMKK1 and AtMPK6 are involved in abscisic acid and sugar signaling in Arabidopsis seed germination. Plant Molecular Biology 70, 725-736.

176. Zhu G, Ye N, Zhang J. 2009. Glucose-induced delay of seed germination in rice is mediated by the suppression of ABA catabolism rather than an enhancement of ABA biosynthesis. Plant and Cell Physiology 50, 644–651.

177. Zhang H, Tan G, Yang L, Yang J, Zhang J, Zhao B. 2009. Hormones in the grains and roots in relation to post-anthesis development of inferior and superior spikelets in japonica/indica hybrid rice. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47, 195–204.

178. Zhang Z, Xue Y, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. 2009. The relationship of grain filling with abscisic acid and ethylene under non-flooded mulching cultivation. Journal of Agricultural Science 147, 1–14.

179. Zhang H, Tan G, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. 2009. Ethylene and ACC levels in developing grains are related to the poor appearance and milling quality of rice. Plant Growth Regulation 58, 85–96.

180. Zhang H, Xue Y, Z Wang, Yang J, Zhang J. 2009. Morphological and physiological traits of roots and their relationships with shoot growth in ‘‘super’’ rice. Field Crops Research 113, 31–40.

181. Yang J, Huang D, Duan H, Tan G, Zhang J. 2009. Alternate wetting and moderate soil drying increases grain yield and reduces cadmium accumulation in rice grains. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 89, 1728-1736.

182. Liu Y, Zhang J. 2009. Rapid accumulation of NO regulates ABA catabolism and seed dormancy during imbibition in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 4 (9), 1-3.

183. Zhang B, Kang S, Zhang L, Tong L, Du T, Li F, Zhang J. 2009. An evapotranspiration model for sparsely vegetated canopies under partial root-zone irrigation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149, 2007-2011.

184. Zhang H, Xue Y, Z Wang, Yang J, Zhang J. 2009. An alternate wetting and moderate soil drying regime improves root and shoot growth in rice. Crop Science 49, 2246-2260.

185. Fan M, Li Z, Wang F, Zhang J. 2009. Growth and phosphorus uptake of oat (Avena nuda L.) as affected by mineral nitrogen forms supplied in hydroponics and soil culture. Pedosphere 19, 323–330.

186. Liu M, Fan J, Cao J, Wang Y, Zhang J. 2009. Carbon accumulation and distribution in bolls of island cotton (Gossypium barbadense L) in southern Xinjiang. Cotton Science 21, 218-223.

187. Bian R, Liu M, Fan J, Cao J, Zhang J. 2009. Dynamics of sugar and cellulose synthesis in bolls of island cotton (Gossypium barbadense L). Cotton Science 21, 319-323.

　　

2010

188. Liu Y, Ye N, Liu R, Chen M, Zhang J. 2010. H₂O₂ mediates the regulations of ABA catabolism and GA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis seed dormancy and germination. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 2979–2990.

189. Zhang H, Chen T, Z Wang, Yang J, Zhang J. 2010. Involvement of cytokinins in the grain filling of rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 3719–3733.

190. Du T, Kang S, Sun J, Zhang X, Zhang J. 2010. An improved water use efficiency of cereals under temporal and spatial deficit irrigation in north China. Agricultural Water Management 97, 66-74.

191. Tang L-S, Li Y, Zhang J. 2010. Partial root zone irrigation increases water use efficiency, maintains yield and enhances economic profit of cotton in arid area. Agricultural Water Management 97, 1527–1533.

192. Zhang A, Zhang J, Ye N, Cao J, Tan M, Zhang J, Jiang M. 2010. ZmMPK5 is required for the NADPH oxidase-mediated self propagation of apoplastic H₂O₂ in brassinosteroid-induced antioxidant defence in leaves of maize. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 4399-4411.

193. Li F, Yu J, Nong M, Kang S, Zhang J. 2010. Partial root-zone irrigation enhances soil enzyme activities and water use efficiency of maize under different ratios of inorganic to organic nitrogen fertilizers. Agricultural Water Management 97, 231-239.

194. Li F, Wei C, Zhang F, Zhang J, Nong M, Kang S. 2010. Water-use efficiency and physiological responses of maize under partial root-zone irrigation. Agricultural Water Management 97, 1156-1164.

195. Fan J, Liu M, Cao J, Zhang J, He J. 2010. Relationship between soil enzymatic activities and soil nutrients in cotton field under film irrigation in south Xinjiang. Cotton Science 22, 367-371.

196. Cao J, Fan J, Liu M, Cao J, Zhang J. 2010. Physio-biochemical characteristics in bolls of sea island cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) and upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in south Xinjiang. Cotton Science 22, 460-465.

　　

2011

197. Zhu G, Ye N, J Yang, X Peng, Zhang J. 2011. Regulation of expressions of starch synthesis genes by ethylene and ABA in relation to the development of rice inferior and superior spikelets. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 3907-3916.

198. Ye N, Zhu G, Liu Y, Li Y, Zhang J. 2011. ABA controls H₂O₂ accumulation through the induction of OsCATB in rice leaves under water stress. Plant and Cell Physiology 52, 689–698.

199. Zhang A, Zhang J, Zhang J, Ye N, Zhang H, Tan M, Jiang M. 2011. Nitric oxide mediates brassinosteroid-induced ABA biosynthesis involved in oxidative stress tolerance in maize leaves. Plant and Cell Physiology 52, 181-192.

200. Li B, Feng Z, Xie M, Sun M, Zhao Y, Liang L, Liu G, Zhang J, Jia W. 2011. Modulation of the root-sourced ABA signal along its way to the shoot in Vitis riparia ✕ Vitis labrusca under water deficit. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 1731-1741.

201. Hu T, Kang S, Li F, Zhang J. 2011. Effects of partial root-zone irrigation on hydraulic conductivity in soil-root system for maize plant. Journal of Experimental Botany in the press.

202. Fu J, Huang Z, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. 2011. Pre-anthesis non-structural carbohydrate reserve in the stem enhances the sink strength of inferior spikelets during grain filling of rice. Field Crops Research 123, 170–182.

203. Zhu G, Liu Y, Ye N, Liu R, Zhang J. 2011. Involvement of the abscisic acid catabolic gene CYP707A2 in the glucose-induced delay in seed germination and post-germination growth of Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum in the press.

　　

　　

B. Invited reviews in journals (Zhang J as corresponding author):

1.	Davies WJ, Zhang J. 1991. Root signals and the regulation of growth and development of plants in drying soil. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 42, 55-76.
2.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1998. Production, transport of root-derived ABA and its function. Plant Physiology Communication, (Chinese), 34, 329-338.
3.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1999. Xylem-carried ABA in plant response to soil drying. Current Topics in Plant Biology, 1, 89-96.
4.	Zhang J, Jia W, Kang S. 2001. Partial rootzone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinca, (Chinese), 21, 191-197.
5.	Jia W, Xing Y, Zhao J, Zhang J, Zhang S. 2002. Cellular stress signalling from water deficit-perception to ABA accumulation. Advances in Plant Sciences, 4, 205-212.
6.	Jia W, Xing Y, Lu C, Zhang J. 2003. Signal transduction from water stress perception to ABA accumulation. Acta Botanica Sinica 44(10), 1135-1141.
7.	Zhang J, Jia W, Yang J. 2004. ABA in plant water stress signalling. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part B, 70(3), 367-377.
8.	Zhang J, Kang S. 2004. Controlled alternate partial rootzone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 55, 2437-2446.
9.	Jiang M, Zhang J. 2004. Abscisic acid and antioxidant defense in plant cells. Acta Botanica Sinica 46, 1-9.
10.	Yang HM, Zhang J, Zhang XY. 2005. Regulation mechanisms of stomatal oscillation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 47, 1159-1172.
11.	Zhang J, Jia W, Ismail AM. 2003. Role of ABA in integrating plant responses to drought and salt stresses. Field Crops Research 97, 111-119.
12.	Yang J, Zhang J. 2006. Grain filling of cereals under soil drying. New Phytologist 169, 223-236. (Tansley Review).
13.	Jia W, Zhang J. 2008. Stomatal movements and long-distance signaling in plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior 3(10), 772-777.
14.	Yang J, Zhang J. 2010. Grain-filling problem in ‘super’ rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 1-5.
15.	Yang J, Zhang J. 2010. Crop management techniques to enhance harvest index in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 3177–3189.
16.	Zhang J. 2011. China's success in increasing per capita food production. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 3707-11.

C. Edited volumes:

1.	The Theory and Practices in Biological Water Saving (2007) Z Zhang and J Zhang Eds. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49 (10). Blackwell Publishing.

D. Review papers (chapters) in books :

1.	Davies WJ, Metcalfe JC, Schurr U, Taylor G, Zhang J. 1987. Hormones as chemical signals involved in root to shoot communication of effects of changes in the soil environment. In Hormone Action in Plant Development - A Critical Appraisal, (Eds. G.V. Hoad, M.B. Jackson, J.R. Lenton and R. Atkin), pp. 201-206. Butterworths, London.
2.	Davies WJ, Rhizopoulou S, Sanderson R, Taylor G, Zhang J. 1989. Water relations and growth of root and leaves of woody plants. In "Biomass production by fast-growing trees" (Eds. J.S. Pereira and J.,J., Landsberg), pp 13-36, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
3.	Davies WJ, Zhang J. 1989. Chemical regulation of growth and physiology in drying soil: the case for abscisic acid. In Current Topics in plant biochemistry and physiology, Volume 8, pp 100-109, University of Missouri-Columbia.
4.	Gollan T, Davies WJ, Schurr U, Zhang J. 1989. Control of gas exchange: evidence for root-shoot communication on drying soil. In Forest Tree Physiology--Annales des Sciences Forestieres. (Eds. E. Dreyer et al..), pp 393s-400s, Elsevier/INRA, Paris.
5.	Davies WJ, Atkinson CJ, Zhang J. 1990. Perception of soil drying via the increased synthesis of abscisic acid in roots. In Mechanism of Plant Perception Response to Environmental Stimulus. (Eds. T.H. Thomas and A.R. Smith), pp 85-96, British Society for Plant Growth Regulation, Bristol.
6.	Zhang J, Gowing DJ, Davies WJ. 1990. ABA as a root signal in root to shoot communication of soil drying. In Importance of root to shoot communication in the responses to environmental stress. (Eds. W.J., Davies and B. Jeffcoat), pp 163-174, British Society for Plant Growth Regulation, Bristol.
7.	Zhang J, Tardieu F, Davies WJ, Trejo C. 1992. Is stomatal conductance of plants controlled by abscisic acid in the xylem stream? In Progress in Plant Growth Regulation, (Eds C.M. Karssen, L.C. Van Loon, and D. Vreugdenhil), pp 486-492. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston /London.
8.	Li D, Zhang J. 1995. Effects of upper soil drying on the growth rate of maize plants (Zea mays). In: Plant Physiology and Agricultural Research, (Ed Cheng Bing-Song), pp 299-307. Agricultural Science Publishing House, Beijing.
9.	Liang J, Zhang J. 1998. Regulation of ABA on gene expression in higher plants. In: Molecular Mechanism of Plant Development, (Eds Xu ZH and Liu CM), pp151-161. Academic Press, Beijing.
10.	Yan C, Li D, Xu C, Zhang J. 1998. Plant water stress and antioxidative enzymes. In: Research in Crop Physiology, (Eds Zou Q and Li D), pp 86-88. Agricultural Science Publishing House, Beijing.
11.	Liang J, Zhang J, Wong MH. 1999. Landfill leachate used as irrigation water of landfill sites during dry seasons. In: Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands, (Eds Wong MH et al.), pp 305-318. Lewis Publishers, London.
12.	Kang S, Zhang J, Jerie P, Shi P, Liang Z, Pan Y, Shi W. 2000. Controlled roots-divided alternative irrigation: theory and practice. In: Effective Water Use in Agriculture and Water-Soil Conservation, (Eds Kang S et al.), pp 97-107. China Agricultural Engineering Society and Agricultural Water-Soil Conservation Committee. Shaan Xi Science and Technology Publishers. (in Chinese).
13.	Zhang J. 2001. Improve the contents of bioactive components in plants for medicines through environmental manipulations. In: GAP and Industrialization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, (Eds Lee F and Wang X), pp 43-46. Institute for Advancement of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University.
14.	Zhang J, Yang J. 2004. Crop yield and water use efficiency. In Water use efficiency in Plant Biology, (Ed Bacon M), Blackwell Publishing, 344 pages, ISBN 1-4051-1434-7. pp 189-218.
15.	Zhang J, Yang J. 2005. Improve crop water use efficiency through enhanced harvest index in cereals. In Plant nutrition for food security, human health and environmental protection, (eds CJ Li et al.), Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China. ISBN 7-302-11786-1. pp 560-561.
16.	張正斌，張建華，第十六章，農藝節水理論與技術的新進展，康紹忠主編，農業水土工程概論，中國農業出版社，2007，9：511-527
17.	Zhang J, Kang S, Yang J. 2008. Crop water use efficiency, can we improve it further by manipulating soil drying signal? In The Proceedings of 5th International Crop Science Congress. CS1-S5, 07. Totally 7 printed pages.
18.	Hao G, Zhang J. 2010. The Role of Nitric Oxide as a Bioactive Signaling Molecule in Plants Under Abiotic Stress. In Nitric Oxide in Plant Physiology, (eds Shamsul Hayat, Masaki Mori, John Pichtel, and Iqbal Ahmad), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-527-32519-1. pp 115-138.
19.	Kang S, Zhang J. 2011. Over-cropping and irrigation are leading to the disappearance of an ancient oasis. In Access Not Excess: The search for better nutrition. ed C.A. Pasternak. Smith-Gordon and Company, London, UK. ISBN 9-781-85463-245-6. pp 70-80.