XIE Hongtu, male, born in November 1973, native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Ph.D., Professor. He currently serves as the Director of Changtu Modern Agricultural Experiment Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang. His main research focuses on the conservation and sustainable utilization of black soil, with research interests in soil organic matter cycling. His work includes the development of conservation tillage technology models with straw mulching, the construction of technical systems for the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure as organic fertilizer, and the development of smart agriculture systems. As an expert in the agricultural field, he serves as a member of the Conservation Tillage Expert Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Liaoning Province, and as the Chief Science and Technology Commissioner for Black Soil Conservation of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology. He has published over 200 papers, served as lead editor of 3 monographs and associate editor of 2 monographs, and holds more than 30 authorized patents. He has received the Science and Technology for Development from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2021, 3rd place) and the Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Liaoning Province (2025, 2nd place).

2002.09–2007.07 Ph.D. degree in Soil Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
1997.09–2000.07 M.S. degree in Soil Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
1993.09–1997.07 B.S. degree in Soil and Plant Nutrition from Northeast Agricultural University.

2020-present Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
2007-2020 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
2000-2003 Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

Soil Organic Matter; Soil Carbon Cycling; Conservation Tillage; Soil Microorganism

1、2025 Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Liaoning Province: Mechanisms of Soil Degradation and Development of Key Technologies for Soil Fertility Enhancement in Upland Fields of Liaoning Province. Liaoning Provincial People's Government (2/11)
2、2021 Second Prize for Science and Technology of the Soil Science Society of China, “Development of the Soil Microbial Carbon Pump Conceptual Framework, Carbon Sequestration Assessment, and Application Prospects”. Soil Science Society of China (2/9)
3、2021 Science and Technology Promotion and Development Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Research and Development and Application Team of the "Lishu Model" for Maize Conservation Tillage in Northeast China. Chinese Academy of Sciences (3/10)
4、2022 First Prize for Academic Achievement in Natural Sciences of Liaoning Province, “Development and Application of the Soil Microbial Carbon Pump Conceptual Framework”. Liaoning Association for Science and Technology and Liaoning Department of Human Resources and Social Security (2/5)
5、2023 Advanced Individual in Agricultural Science and Technology Service of Tieling City. Rural Work Leading Group Office of the Tieling Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (1/1)
6、2023 Outstanding Expert in Black Soil Conservation and Utilization Technology of Changtu County. Changtu County People's Government (1/1)
7、2022 May Day Labor Medal of Provincial Government Departments of Liaoning Province. Party Committee of Provincial Government Departments of Liaoning Province (1/1)
8、2020 Outstanding Science and Technology Worker of Liaoning Province (1/1)
9、2020–2025 Member of the Conservation Tillage Expert Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Member of the Conservation Tillage Expert Group, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Liaoning Province (1/1)
10、2019 Most Beautiful Shenyang Person of Shenyang (1/1)

2025–2027: Sub-Project Leader, Construction and Demonstration of Straw Mulching and Reduced/No-Tillage Systems for Yield Increase and Efficiency Enhancement through Fertility Improvement and Water Storage in Temperature-Advantaged Regions, Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program Project.
2024–2026: Project Leader, Chief Science and Technology Commissioner for Black Soil Conservation Tillage in Liaoning Province, project of the Special Action Plan for Rural Science and Technology in Liaoning Province.
2024–2026: Project Leader, Optimization Technologies for Black Soil Conservation and Productivity Enhancement through Conservation Tillage, Shenyang Science and Technology Plan Project.
2023–2027: Project Leader, Construction Technologies and Equipment for Optimal Plow Layer to Enhance Water and Nutrient Capacity in Thin, Poor, and Compact Black Soils, Project topic of the National Key Research and Development Program.
2022–2023: Project Leader, Science and Technology Mission for Green Agricultural Products in Zhangwu County, Liaoning Province, Special Project for Rural Science and Technology Special Teams of Liaoning Province.
2021–2026: Sub-Project Leader, Application and Demonstration of Straw In-Situ Recycling Soil Conservation Technologies, Sub-Project of the Strategic Priority Research Program (Category A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2020–2022: Project Leader, Science and Technology Mission for Straw Burning Ban and Industry Development in Masanjiazi Subdistrict, Yuhong District, Shenyang Science and Technology Program.
2020–2021: Project Leader, Development and Demonstration of Corn Straw In-Situ Recycling and Mulching No-Tillage Model in Liaoning Province, Agricultural Research and Industrialization Project of Liaoning Province.
2017–2020: Project Leader, Differentiation and Protection Mechanisms of Plant- and Microbial-Derived Carbon Components Under No-Tillage, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program).
2016–2020: Sub-Project Leader, Mechanisms and Regulation of Cropland Productivity on Fertilizer Nutrient Utilization, Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program.
2012–2015: Project Leader, Infrared Spectral Characteristics of Soil Organic Carbon in Farmland of Northeast China, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program).
2011–2015: Sub-Project Leader, Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential and Rate in Farmland of Northeast China, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2006–2008: Project Leader, Protective Effect of Black Soil Aggregates on Active Organic Carbon Under Long-Term Fertilization, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientist Program).

1、Xu Xin, Yang Yali, Bao Xuelian*, Huo Hainan, He Hongbo, Liang Chao, Xie Hongtu*. 2025. Land Degradation & Development, 36(15): 5353-5364.
2、Yang Yali#, Zhao Zhe#, Lei Dengchao, He Hongbo, Xie Hongtu*, Zhang Xudong, Sun Sjijun, Bao Xuelian, Zhang Yulan*. 2025. Microbial inoculant accelerated pig slurry maturation at low-temperature anaerobic digestion: Performance and mechanism. Bioresource Technology. 430: 132532.
3、Sun Baoyi#, Wang Shuqiang# , Zhang Ying, Chen Bin, Li Pengchen, Zhang Xianying, Wang Yonghuan, Zhao Mingyi, Zhang Yulan*, Xie Hogntu*. 2024. Enhancement of Rhizoma Atractylodis Quality, Soil Nutrients,and Microbial Characters of Vermicompost Preparations from Spent Mushroom and Cow Dung. Agronomy-Basel, 14(7): 1384.
4、Shao Pengshuai, Han Hongyan*., Sun Jingkuan, Xie Hongtu*. 2023. Effects of global change and human disturbance on soil carbon cycling in boreal forest: A review. Pedosphere 33, 194-211.
5、Zhu, Xuefeng#, Xie Hongtu#, Masters Michael D, Rui Yichao, Luo Yu, He Hongbo, Zhang, Xudong, Liang Chao. 2023. Microorganisms, their residues, and soil carbon storage under a continuous maize cropping system with eight years of variable residue retention. Applied Soil Ecology, 187.
6、Zhang Yulan, Sun Caixia*., Wang Shuqiang, Xie Hongtu*, Jiang Nan, Chen Zhenhua, Wei Kai., Bao Xuelian, Song Xueying, Bai Zhen. 2022. Stover and biochar can improve soil microbial necromass carbon, and enzymatic transformation at the genetic level. GCB Bioenergy, 14(10): 1082-1096.
7、Shao Pengshuai, Han Hongyan, Sun Jingkuan, Yang Hongjun, Xie Hongtu*. 2022. Salinity effects on microbial derived-c of coastal wetland soils in the Yellow River Delta. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10:872816.
8、Zhang Yulan#, Xie Hongtu#, Wang Fuping, Sun Caixia, Zhang Xudong. 2021. Effects of biochar incorporation on soil viable and necromass carbon in the luvisol soil. Soil Use and Management. 38(7): 1-13.
9、Zhang Yulan#, Xie Hongtu#, Wang Fuping, Zhang Xudong. 2021. Variations of soil viable and necromass carbon affected by biochar incorporation frequencies, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science.
10、Zheng Tiantian#, Xie Hongtu#, Thompson, Grant L, Bao Xuelian, Deng Fangbo, Yan, Enrong, Zhou Xuhui, Liang Chao. 2021. Shifts in microbial metabolic pathway for soil carbon accumulation along subtropical forest succession. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 160: 108335.
11、Yang Xiaozhu, Bao Xuelian, Yang Yali, Zhao Yue, Liang Chao, Xie Hongtu.* 2019. Comparison of soil phosphorus and phosphatase activity under long-term no-tillage and maize residue management. Plant, Soil and Environment, 65: 408-415.
12、Bai Zhen#, Xie Hongtu#, Kniffin Jenny Kao., Chen Baodong, Shao Pengshuai, Liang Chao*. 2017. Shifts in microbial trophic strategy explain different temperature sensitivity of CO2 flux under constant and diurnally varying temperature regimes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93(5).
13、Xie Hongtu, Li Jianwei, Zhang Bin, Wang Lianfeng, Wang Jingkuan, He Hongbo, Zhang Xudong. 2015. Long-term manure amendments reduced soil aggregate stability via redistribution of the glomalin-related soil protein in macroaggregates. Scientific Reports 5, 14687.
14、Xie Hongtu, Li Jianwei, Zhu Ping, Peng Chang, Wang Jingkuan, He Hongbo, Zhang Xudong. 2014. Long-term manure amendments enhance neutral sugar accumulation in bulk soil and particulate organic matter in a Mollisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 78 45-53.
15、Xie Hongtu, Zhao Jinsong, Wang Qiubing, Sui Yueyu, Wang Jingkuan, Yang Xueming, Zhang Xuedong, Liang Chao. 2015. Soil type recognition as improved by genetic algorithm-based variable selection using near infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares discriminant analysis. Scientific Reports, 5, 10930.
15、Xie Hongtu, Zhao Jinsong, Wang Qiubing, Sui Yueyu, Wang Jingkuan, Yang Xueming, Zhang Xuedong, Liang Chao. 2015. Soil type recognition as improved by genetic algorithm-based variable selection using near infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares discriminant analysis. Scientific Reports, 5, 10930.
16、Zhang Yulan, Sun Caixia, Qiang Zhe, Xie Hongtu*. 2023. Current situation and influencing factors of planting-breeding relationship for feces and sewage of livestock and poultry in Liaoning Province. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 42(5): 1234-1242.
17、Zhao Yue, Bao Xuelian, Liang Chao, Wang Gang, Xie Hongtu*. 2023. Effects of compaction on farmland soil properties of farms and prevention measures. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 54(6): 1-13.
18、Xu Xin, Wang Xiaoying, Bao Xuelian, Wang Ying, Liu Yajun, Huo Hainan, He Hongbo, Xie Hongtu*. 2022. Effects of long-term no-tillage and stover mulching on maize yield and its stability. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 33(3): 671-676.
19、Sui Xin, Huo Hainan, Bao Xuelian, He Hongbo, Zhang Xudong, Liang Chao, Xie Hongtu*. 2021. Research advances on cover crop plantation and its effects on subsequent crop and soil environment Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 1-9.
20、Zhu Xuefeng, Zhang Chunyu, Hao Yanjie, Bao Xuelian, Huo Hainan, He Hongbo, Liang Chao, Xie Hongtu*. 2021. Effects of corn stover mulch quantity on mid-infrared spectroscopy of soil organic carbon in a no-tillage agricultural ecosystem. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 1-9.
21、Xie Hongtu, Li Sa. 2020. Strip tillage technology and equipment for conservation tillage in the United States. Agricultural Machinery Market, (04): 27-28.
22、Xie Hongtu, Li Shechao. 2020. Conservation tillage technology models with straw mulching and no-till/reduced tillage. Agricultural Machinery Market, (04): 25-26.
23、Xie Hongtu, Li Shechao. 2020. Application and promotion of conservation tillage technology in the United States. Agricultural Machinery Science and Technology Promotion, (03): 56-58.
24、Xie Hongtu, Du Haiwang, Wang Ying, Li Shechao. 2020. Protective Cultivation Technology Model of Strip Tillage with Full Coverage of Corn Straw. Agricultural Engineering, 10(03): 24-26.
25、Xie Hongtu, Wang Ying, Li Shechao. 2020. 10 kinds of No-till Planters' Features and Technical Innovations. Agricultural Machinery, (01): 99-101+103.
26、Dong Zhi, Xie Hongtu*, Zhang Lijun, Bai Zhen, Wu Yeye, Zhao Xiaoxia, Zhang Xudong. 2013. Accumulation of Amino Sugars Affected by Different Stalk Mulching Quantity in No-tillage System. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 44(5): 1158-1162.
27、Xu Jiajing, Shao Pengshuai, Zhang Jiaolin, Bai Zhen, Zhao Jiang, Chen Zhiwen, Xie Hongtu*. 2017. Changes of Soil Microbial Biomass in Different Forest Types in Xishuangbanna. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 48(1): 94-100.
28、Su Shufang, Yu Qingjun, Liu Yajun, Xuan Ranran, Xie Hongtu*, He Hongbo, Wang Guiman, Zhang Xudong. 2017. Effects of No-tillage with Stalk Mulching on Distribution of Amino Sugars in Soil Aggregate Fractions. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 48(2): 365-371.
29、Xie Hongtu, Xuan Ranran, Peng Yi, Zhao Jinsong, Li Jun, Bai Zhen, Zhang Wei, He Hongbo, Zhang Xudong. 2014. Effects of Prediction Model on Soil Organic Carbon using Genetic Algorithm. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 45(4): 795-800.
30、Li Jun, Li Zhengxiao, Xie Hongtu*, Dong Zhi, Bai Zhen, Wang Guiman, Chen Zhiwen, Zhang Xudong. 2013. Effects of Different Stalk Mulching on Soil Lignin Content. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 46(11): 2265-2270.
31、Peng Yi, Xie Hongtu*, Li Jun, Dong Zhi, Bai Zhen, Wang Guiman, Chen Zhiwen, Zhang Xudong. 2013. Effect of No-Tillage with Different Stalk Mulching on Soil Organic Carbon and Mid-Infrared Spectral Characteristics. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 46(11): 2257-2264.
32、Xie Hongtu, Bao Xuelian (Editors-in-Chief). 2024. Fifteen Years of the "Lishu Model" in Black Soil Conservation Tillage. China Agriculture Press.
33、Xie Hongtu (Editor-in-Chief). 2023. Research on Conservation Tillage Technologies in Northeast China. China Agriculture Press.
34、Xie Hongtu (Editor-in-Chief). 2022. Technical Manual for Maize Conservation Tillage. China Agriculture Press.
35、Xie Hongtu (Associate Editor). 2022. Protecting the "Giant Panda" in Farmland: Ecological Restoration of Black Soil. Jilin Science and Technology Press.
36、Xie Hongtu (Associate Editor). 2019. Conservation Tillage Technologies in Northeast China. Scientific and Technical Documentation Press.

1.Xie Hongtu, et al. Conservation Tillage Cropping Pattern with Unequal Row Spacing for Maize and Supporting Equipment. Authorization Date: May 6, 2025.
Application No.: 202410991839.X.
2.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Segmented and Layered Fertilization Method for Maize Planting and Supporting Equipment. Authorization Date: September 23, 2025.
Application No.: 202511023684.1.
3.Xie Hongtu, et al. A No-Till Planter for Maize-Wheat Intercropping with Shallow Burial Drip Irrigation and Closed Weeding. Authorization Date: November 14, 2025.
Application No.: 202511309146.9.
4.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Multi-Fertilizer Applicator Supporting a Two-Row No-Till Planter. Authorization Date: December 17, 2024.
Application No.: 202420872356.3).
5.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Subsoiler with Variable Depth, Shallow Loosening, and Heavy Compaction. Authorization Date: November 14, 2025.
Application No.: 202422754069.5.
6.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Straw Mulching Subsoiling Vertical Tillage Machine. Authorization Date: January 30, 2024.
Application No.: 202321910380.3.
7.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Shallow Rotary Tillage and Compaction Tillage Machine. Authorization Date: October 15, 2024.
Application No.: 202420175436.3.
8.Xie Hongtu, et al. Preparation Method and Application of Pesticide Adjuvant Lipopeptide and Derivative. Authorization Date: December 1, 2023.
International Patent No.: LU503344.
9.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Proportioning Fertilization Micro-Cultivator. Authorization Date: April 14, 2024.
Application No.: 202223338655.9.
10.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Strip Rotary Tillage Machine for Conservation Tillage. Authorization Date: July 26, 2022.
Application No.: 202220900250.0.
11.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Simple Vehicle-Mounted Lifting Device. Authorization Date: August 23, 2022.
Application No.: 202123384630.8.
12.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Soil Profile Cutting Device. Authorization Date: March 8, 2022.
Application No.: 202122406605.9.
13.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Vehicle-Mounted Self-Flow Irrigation Device. Authorization Date: February 18, 2022.
Application No.: 202122406741.8.
14.Xie Hongtu, et al. An Undisturbed Soil Column Sampling Device. Authorization Date: August 1, 2023.
Application No.: 202120363422.0.
15.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Support Device for Specimen Boxes Used in Soil Profile Collection. Authorization Date: September 10, 2021.
Application No.: 202120083559.0.
16.Xie Hongtu, et al. A Special Fertilizer for No-Till Maize with No-Topdressing Requirement and Its Preparation Method. Authorization Date: February 26, 2021.
Application No.: 202011402750.3.
17.Xie Hongtu, et al. An Active Amino Acid Compound Liquid Fertilizer and Its Preparation Method. Authorization Date: June 18, 2008.
Application No.: 200610134754.1.
18.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Subsoiling at Maize Seedling Stage under Conservation Tillage. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 023-2025. Issue Year: 2025.
19.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Combined Harvesting of Maize Stalks and Ears under Conservation Tillage (Trial). Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 021-2025. Issue Year: 2025.
20.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Maize Conservation Tillage with Unequal Row Spacing (Four Rows, One Skip). Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 015-2024. Issue Year: 2024.
21.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Strip Tillage with Straw Mulching in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 012-2023. Issue Year: 2023.
22.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Vertical Tillage with Straw Mulching in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 013-2023. Issue Year: 2023.
23.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for No-Till Seeding with Strip Tillage and Rotary Tillage Integration under Straw Mulching in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 014-2023. Issue Year: 2023.
24.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Strip Shallow Rotary Tillage Planting under Conservation Tillage in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 003-2021. Issue Year: 2021.
25.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Wide-Narrow Row Planting under Conservation Tillage in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 004-2021. Issue Year: 2021.
26.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Two-Row Planting with One-Skip Pattern under Conservation Tillage in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 005-2021. Issue Year: 2021.
27.Xie Hongtu, et al. Technical Specification for Ridge Tillage under Conservation Tillage in Maize Fields of Northeast China. Enterprise Standard, Standard No.: Q/210103 IAE 006-2021. Issue Year: 2021.