Zhencai Sun

1.2k total citations
48 papers, 929 citations indexed

About

Zhencai Sun is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhencai Sun has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 929 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 21 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Zhencai Sun's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (10 papers). Zhencai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (10 papers). Zhencai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Denmark. Zhencai Sun's co-authors include Zhimin Wang, Yinghua Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Yanmei Gao, Emmanuel Arthur, Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Lars Elsgaard, Per Møldrup, Guitong Li and Kang Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhencai Sun

44 papers receiving 915 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhencai Sun China	18	445	405	217	157	118	48	929
Dongfeng Ning China	20	734 1.6×	305 0.8×	265 1.2×	230 1.5×	55 0.5×	40	1.1k
Jianwei Lu China	18	537 1.2×	373 0.9×	183 0.8×	146 0.9×	41 0.3×	77	962
Dustin L. Harrell United States	20	851 1.9×	338 0.8×	221 1.0×	239 1.5×	63 0.5×	63	1.3k
Elke Noellemeyer Argentina	19	252 0.6×	620 1.5×	193 0.9×	183 1.2×	123 1.0×	42	1.1k
Mário Carvalho Portugal	22	948 2.1×	327 0.8×	184 0.8×	130 0.8×	91 0.8×	79	1.4k
Mervin St. Luce Canada	20	409 0.9×	569 1.4×	327 1.5×	151 1.0×	51 0.4×	48	1.0k
Zhandong Liu China	16	530 1.2×	241 0.6×	269 1.2×	216 1.4×	40 0.3×	29	850
Robélio Leandro Marchão Brazil	21	346 0.8×	914 2.3×	248 1.1×	193 1.2×	102 0.9×	77	1.3k
Shuiqing Zhang China	18	660 1.5×	858 2.1×	177 0.8×	407 2.6×	81 0.7×	44	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhencai Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhencai Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Zhen, Zhigan Zhao, Zhencai Sun, et al.. (2025). Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike. The Crop Journal.

Sun, Wan, Wanqing Zhang, Haoran Li, et al.. (2025). Sucrose metabolism and hormone interaction determine the fate of different florets within central spikelet of wheat. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.

Yao, Chunsheng, Jinpeng Li, Yanmei Gao, et al.. (2024). Delayed application of water and fertilizer increased wheat yield but did not improve quality parameters. Field Crops Research. 319. 109649–109649. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Jie, Haoran Li, Chunsheng Yao, et al.. (2024). Coordinating yield and quality formation of wheat through post-anthesis nitrogen spraying. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 45–56.

Li, Jing, Xiaoyu Zheng, Jinpeng Li, et al.. (2024). Ovary morphology determines ovary-to-grain transition process and final grain weight potential in wheat. European Journal of Agronomy. 159. 127233–127233. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yaqun, et al.. (2024). Differences between two wheat genotypes in the development of floret primordia and contents of pigments and hormones. The Crop Journal. 12(4). 1196–1207. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Jieru, Xiangzhi Li, Chenghang Du, et al.. (2024). Biochar adsorbs beneficial airborne bacteria to inhibit wheat Fusarium head blight. Plant and Soil. 512(1-2). 1595–1617.

Lin, Ming, et al.. (2023). Contrasting Key Bacteria and Fungi Related to Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) with Different Resistances to Beet Rot under Two Farming Modes. Agronomy. 13(3). 825–825. 7 indexed citations

Li, Huawei, Yang Liu, Chunsheng Yao, et al.. (2023). Facilitating winter wheat sustainable intensification: Effects of two limited carbon-emission cultivation patterns in China's Huang-Huai-Hai Region. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 358. 108706–108706. 4 indexed citations

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Ejaz, Irsa, Muhammad Asad Naseer, Ying Liu, et al.. (2023). Cold and Drought Stresses in Wheat: A Global Meta-analysis of 21st Century. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42(9). 5379–5395. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Chenghang Du, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Novel water-saving cultivation system maintains crop yield while reducing environmental costs in North China Plain. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 197. 107111–107111. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Xiaonan Zhou, Chenghang Du, et al.. (2023). Trade-off between soil carbon emission and sequestration for winter wheat under reduced irrigation: The role of soil amendments. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 352. 108535–108535. 9 indexed citations

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Du, Chenghang, Xuan Zhao, Ying Liu, et al.. (2023). Association between host nitrogen absorption and root-associated microbial community in field-grown wheat. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(23). 7347–7364. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, Yaqun Liu, Chunsheng Yao, et al.. (2023). Dynamic gene regulatory networks improving spike fertility through regulation of floret primordia fate in wheat. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(11). 3628–3643. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, Jing Huang, Yanmei Gao, et al.. (2020). Suppressed ABA signal transduction in the spike promotes sucrose use in the stem and reduces grain number in wheat under water stress. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(22). 7241–7256. 37 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Chenghang Du, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2020). Predicting micronutrients of wheat using hyperspectral imaging. Food Chemistry. 343. 128473–128473. 68 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhencai, Kun Zhu, Zhimin Wang, et al.. (2019). Biochar altered native soil organic carbon by changing soil aggregate size distribution and native SOC in aggregates based on an 8-year field experiment. The Science of The Total Environment. 708. 134829–134829. 74 indexed citations

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Li, Jinpeng, Zhen Zhang, Yang Liu, et al.. (2019). Effects of micro-sprinkling with different irrigation amount on grain yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management. 224. 105736–105736. 66 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhencai, et al.. (2018). Does soil amendment alter reactive soil N dynamics following chloropicrin fumigation?. Chemosphere. 212. 563–571. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhencai, et al.. (2016). Contrasting effects of biochar on N2O emission and N uptake at different N fertilizer levels on a temperate sandy loam. The Science of The Total Environment. 578. 557–565. 47 indexed citations

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