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ISSN: 2468-2659
CN: 53-1233/Q

Deliang Kong

Editors, Plant Diversity

Henan Agricultural University, Zhenzhou, China
Area of expertise: Plant functional traits, plant root-microbe interaction, global change ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Henan Agricultural University, Zhenzhou, China
Area of expertise: Plant functional traits, plant root-microbe interaction, global change ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Title:  Prof.

Email:  deliangkong@henau.edu.cn

Web-link of Research Group: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deliang-Kong 

Selected publications:

Jingjing Cao, Junjian Wang, Qingpei Yang, Binglin Guo, Tino Colombi, Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Junxiang Ding, Yue Zhang, Huifang Wu, Zhipei Feng, Xitian Yang, Deliang Kong* 2025. Root anatomy governs bi-directional resource transfer in mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature Communications 16: 8731

Qingpei Yang, Binglin Guo, Mingzhen Lu, Yanjie Liu, Paul Kardol, Peter B. Reich, Richard D. Bardgett, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Sandra Díaz, Ian J. Wright, Nianpeng He, J. Aaron Hogan, Yuxin Pei, Qinwen Han, Zhenjiang Li, Zheng Wang, Wanqin Yang, Junxiang Ding, Zhongling Yang, Huifang Wu, Carlos P. Carmona, Oscar Valverde-Barrantes, Dezhu Li, Jie Cai, Hui Zeng, Yue Zhang, Weizheng Ren, Yong Zhao, Xitian Yang, Guoqiang Fan, Junjian Wang*, Guoyong Li*, Deliang Kong* 2025. Arbuscular mycorrhiza association regulates global root-seed coordination. Nature Plants 11: 1759-1768

Mengke Wang, Deliang Kong*, Xiaohan Mo, Yinghui Wang, Qingpei Yang, Paul Kardol, Oscar Valverde-Barrantes, Myrna Simpson, Hui Zeng, Peter B. Reich, Joana Bergmann, Nishanth Tharayil, Junjian Wang*. 2024. Molecular-level carbon traits underlie the multidimensional fine root economics space. Nature Plants 10: 901-909

Zhang Yue, Cao Jingjing, Lu Mingzhen, Kardol Paul, Wang Junjian, Fan Guoqiang, Kong Deliang*. 2024. The origin of bi-dimensionality in plant root traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39: 78-88

Kong DL*#, Wang JJ*#, Wu HF#, Valverde-Barrantes OJ#, Wang RL#, Zeng H, Kardol P, Zhang HY, Feng YL*. 2019. Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum. Nature Communications 10: 2203

Kong DL, Ma CE, Zhang Q, Li L, Zeng H, Chen XY, Guo DL*. 2014. Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species. New Phytologist 203: 863-872

 Li L, McCormack ML, Ma CE, Kong DL, Zhang Q, Chen XY, Zeng H*, Niinemets Ü, Guo DL*. 2015. Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests. Ecology Letters

Kong DL*, Wang JJ, Zeng H, Liu MZ, Miao Y, Wu HF, Kardol P. 2017. The nutrient absorption-transportation hypothesis: optimizing structural traits in absorptive roots. New Phytologist 213: 1569-1572

Kong DL*#, Wang JJ*#, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Kardol P. 2021. A framework to assess the carbon supply-consumption balance in plant roots. New Phytologist 229: 659-664

Peipei Zhang, Junxiang Ding, Qitong Wang, Nate G. McDowell, Deliang Kong*, Yindong Tong, Huajun Yin*. 2024. Contrasting coordination of non-structural carbohydrates with leaf and root economics strategies of alpine coniferous forests. New Phytologist 243: 580-590

 Zheng Zhi*, Dong Feifei, Li Ziyue, Chen Lijuan, Han Qinwen, Weemstra Monique, Hogan James Aaron, Valverde-Barrantes Oscar J., Zhang Wenhao, Wang Junjian, Ding Junxiang, Deliang Kong* 2025 The unique root form and function on the Tibetan Plateau. New Phytologist, 248: 2280-2294

Qinwen Han, Qingpei Yang, Binglin Guo, Deliang Kong* 2024. Linking root cell walls with plant functioning under stressful conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany 75 (18): 5463-5466

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