Yongjiang Zhang
Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Plant physiology, Plant physiological ecology, plant water relations, plant hydraulics, climate change
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Plant physiology, Plant physiological ecology, plant water relations, plant hydraulics, climate change
Title: Research Professor
Email: zhangyj@xtbg.ac.cn
Selected publications:
Pahadi P, Chen YY, Annis S, Calderwood L, Drummond F, Wason J, Zhang YJ* (2025) Warming enhances productivity despite exacerbated water and nutrient deficits in wild blueberry, a traditionally managed temperate crop. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 375: 110820.
Barai K, Wallhead M, Hall B, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P, Herrmann I, Zhang YJ* (2025). Detecting Spatial Variation in Wild Blueberry Water Stress using UAV-Borne Thermal Imagery: Distinct Temporal and Reference Temperature Effects. Precision Agriculture 26:25.
Pahadi P, Wason J, Annis S, McGill B, Zhang YJ*. (2024) A new dimension of leaf economic spectrum: temporal instability of relationships among genotypes. New Phytologist 244: 2109-2575.
Qu HC*, Zheng CF, Ji H, Barai K, Zhang YJ*. (2024) A fast and efficient approach to estimate wild blueberry yield using machine learning with drone photography: Flight altitude, sampling method and model effects. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 216: 108543.
Zhang YJ*, Hochberg U, Rockwell FE, Ponomarenko A, Chen YJ, Manandhar A, Graham AC, Holbrook NM*. (2023) Xylem conduit deformation across vascular plants: an evolutionary spandrel or protective valve? New Phytologist 237: 1242-1255.
Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Graham AC, Alexander T, Holbrook NM. (2016) Reversible leaf xylem collapse: a potential 'circuit breaker' against cavitation. Plant Physiology 172, 2261–227.
Zhang YJ, Cao KF, Sack L, Li N, Wei XM, Goldstein G. (2015) Extending the generality of leaf economic design principles in the cycads, an ancient lineage. New Phytologist 203, 96-106.
Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Wheeler JK, Holbrook NM. (2014) Reversible deformation of transfusion tracheids in Taxus baccata is associated with a reversible decrease in leaf hydraulic conductance. Plant Physiology 165, 1557-1565.
Zhang YJ, Meinzer FC, Qi JH, Goldstein G, Cao KF. (2013) Midday stomatal conductance is more related to stem rather than leaf water status in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaf trees. Plant Cell & Environment 36, 149-158.
Zhang YJ, Meinzer FC, Hao GY, Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Takahashi FS, Villalobos-Vega R, Giraldo JP, Cao KF, Hoffmann WA, Goldstein G. (2009) Size-dependent mortality in a Neotropical savanna tree: the role of height-related adjustments in hydraulic architecture and carbon allocation. Plant Cell & Environment 32, 1456-1466.