Guishen Zhou-Agricultural College of Yangzhou University

PUBLISHED: December 17, 2018READING:

Family Name	Zhou	Given name	Guisheng
Gender	Male	Date of birth	1971-11-25
Title	Dr. and Professor
Telephone No.	+86-514-8797-9352
Cell phone No	+86-1333-885-8866
Email	gszhou@yzu.edu.cn; zgs6653@163.com
Fax	+86-514-8799-6817
Organization and contact information	International Building, Wenhui Road Campus, Yangzhou University College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University Joint International Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou University Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China
Academic duties	Member of Association of Jiangsu Agricultural Sciences Member of Crop Science Society of America
Research Interests	Crop physiology and abiotic stresses (salinity): Cotton, Bioenergy crops, Forage crops, Sustainable crop production
Grants	Development and high-efficiency production of salt-tolerant forage crops in saline soils (2016-2019), financially supported by Jiangsu Provincial Government. High-efficiency production of salt-tolerant cash trees and crops in saline soils (2016-2019), financially supported by Jiangsu Provincial Government. The spatial analysis of soil salinity for sustaining agricultural production (2013-2015), National Natural Science Foundation of China Investigate the responses and external regulation of energy crops (castor bean and sweet sorghum) to salinity stress during germination and early seedling growth (2012-2015), National Natural Science Foundation of China Explore the usage of industrial crops (castor bean) in alleviating heavy metals in soils (2015-2017), Ministry of Agriculture Train high-quality master and Ph. D students through collaboration with research scientists of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Iranian and Egyptian professors (2015-2017), China Scholarship Council
Selected publications	1. Guisheng Zhou, Yonghui Wang, Fuyan Zhai, Shiyuan Lu, A. E. Nimir, Linlin Yu, Hui Pan, and Dongmei Lv. 2015. Combined stress of low temperature and flooding affects physiological activities and insecticidal protein content in transgenic Bt cotton. Crop and Pasture Science 66: 740-746. 2. Nimir Eltyb Ahmed Nimir, Shiyuan Lu, Guisheng Zhou, Wenshan Guo, Baoluo Ma, and Yonghui Wang. 2015. Comparative effects of GA3, kinetin, and salicylic acid on emergence, seedling growth and antioxidant defence system of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor* L. Moench) under salinity and temperature stresses. Crop & Pasture Science 66: 145–157. 3. Guisheng Zhou, Nimir Nimir, Shiyuan Lu, Fuyan Zhai, and Yonghui Wang. 2014. Gibberellic acid and salinity affected growth and antioxidant enzyme activities in castor bean plants at early growth stage. Agron. J. 106:1340–1348 4. Nimir Eltyb Ahmed Nimir, Shiyuan Lu, Guisheng Zhou, Baoluo Ma, Wenshan Guo, and Yonghui Wang. 2014. Exogenous hormones alleviated salinity and temperature stresses on germination and early seedling growth of sweet sorghum. Agron. J. 106:2305–2315 5. Guisheng Zhou, Baoluo Ma, Jun Li, Chaonian Feng, Jianfei Lu, Pei Qin. Determining Salinity Threshold Level for Castor Been Emergence and Stand Establishment. Crop Science, 2010, 50(5): 2030-2036. 6. Guisheng Zhou, Yurong Xia, Baoluo Ma, Chaonian Feng Pei Qin. Culture of Seashore Mallow under Different Salinity Levels Using Plastic Nutrient-Rich Matrices and Transplantation. Agronomy Journal, 2010, 102(2): 395-402 7. Guisheng Zhou, Baol-luo Ma. Calcium Addition Affects Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Sweet Sorghum under Saline Conditions. Agricultural Science & Technology, 2012, 13(12): 1667-1670. 8. Guisheng zhou, Yan Lin, Chen Tong, Linlin An, Guijuan Liu. Effects of Nitrogen Applied Amount on Growth Characteristics, Boll Development and Lint Yield of High Quality Cotton. Agricultural Science & Technology, 2011, 12(11): 1667-1670. 9. Guisheng Zhou, Wangding Zhang, Chen Tong, Yan Lin, Linlin An, Guijuan Liu. Effects of External Chemical Regulation on Bt Transgenic Cotton Plants under Combined Stress of High Temperature and Water Deficit. Agronomy Science & Technology, 2011, 12(12): 1814-1817. 10. Guisheng Zhou, Jun Li, Chen Tong, Weiwei Dong, Yurong Xia, Jianfei Lu, Chaonian Feng. Characteristics of phosphorus absorption in castor plants grown on medium coastal saline soil under different planting densities and nitrogen application quantity. Chinese Journal of Oil Crop Sciences, 2011, 33(5): 482-486. 11. Guisheng Zhou, Weiwei Dong, Yurong Xia, Jun Li, Jianfei Lu, Chaonian Feng. Effects of density and nitrogen application amount on yield and nutrient absorption of castor plant grown in saline soil along coastal mudflat. Chinese Journal of Oil Crop Sciences, 2011, 33(3): 270-274. 12. Guisheng Zhou, Jianfei Lu, Chaonian Feng, Pei Qin. Response of growth characteristics, yield and yield components in seashore mallow to saline stress. Chinese Journal of Oil Crop Sciences, 2009, 31(2): 202-206. 13. Guisheng Zhou, Shuwen Wan, Weiwei Dong, Jun Li, Jianfei Lu, Chaonian Feng, Pei Qin. Impact of nitrogen application amount on dry matter accumulation, yield and yield components in castor-oil plant. Chinese Journal of Oil Crop Sciences, 2009, 31(1): 39-43. 14. Guisheng Zhou, Fucai Zhou, Yiming Xie, Chaonian Feng, Yizhong Yang. Effects of Temperature Stress on Bt Insecticidal Protein Expression in Bt Transgenic Cotton Leaves and Death Rate of Cotton Bollworm. Cotton Science, 2009, 21(4): 302-306. 15. Guisheng Zhou, Chaonian Feng, Yiming Xie, Wangding Zhang,Jianping Yu, Gang Chen. Effects of Temperature and Light on Fiber Quality in Upland High Quality Cotton. Cotton Science, 2008, 20(2): 151-153.