Xi Liang
Xi Liang
Associate Professor — Cropping Systems Agronomy
Office
Aberdeen Research and Extension Center
Phone
208-844-6319
Email
Mailing Address
Aberdeen Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
1693 S 2700 W
Aberdeen, ID 83210
Xi Liang is leading a Cropping Systems Agronomy program with focuses on crop physiology in response to abiotic and biotic stresses, irrigation management and alternative crop agronomy (e.g., cover crops and quinoa).
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2013
M.S., Beijing Forestry University, 2009
B.S., Northwest A&F University, 2006
- Crop responses to abiotic and biotic factors
- Water use efficiency and irrigation management
- Alternative crop agronomy
- Xi Liang, Christopher W. Rogers, Arash Rashed, Kurtis Schroeder and Pamela J. S. Hutchinson (2016). Adopting Quinoa in Southeastern Idaho, Bulletin 902. University of Idaho.
- Liang X, Rashidi M, Rogers CW, Rashed A. Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) response to Barley yellow dwarf virus at different nitrogen application rates in the presence and absence of its aphid vector, Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (accepted)
- Zhao Z, Prager S, Cruzado K, Liang X, Cooper WR, Hu G, Rashed A (2018) Characterizing zebra chip symptom severity and identifying spectral signatures associated with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’-infected potato tubers. American Journal of Potato Research 95:584-596.
- Liang X, Erickson JE, Sollenberger LE, Rowland DL, Silveira ML, Vermerris W (2018) Physiological responses of elephantgrass and energycane to soil drying. Crop Science 58:1-10.
- Liang X, Strawn D, Chen J, Marshall JM (2017). Variation in cadmium accumulation in spring wheat cultivars: uptake and redistribution to grain. Plant and Soil 421:219-231.
- Liang X, Liu Y, Chen J, Adams C (2018) Late-season photosynthetic rate and senescence were associated with grain yield in winter wheat of diverse origins. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 204:1-12.
- Liu Y, Liang X, Zhou F, Zhang Z (2017) Accessing the agronomic and photosynthesis-related traits of high-yielding winter wheat mutants induced by ultra-high pressure. Field Crops Research 213:165-173.
- Liu Y, Bowman BC, Hu Y, Liang X, Zhao W, Wheeler J, Klassen N, Bockelman H, Bonman JM, Chen J (2017) Evaluation of agronomic traits and drought tolerance of winter wheat accessions from the National Small Grain Collection. Agronomy 7:51.
- Liang X, Erickson JE, Vermerris W, Rowland DL, Sollenberger LE, Silveira ML (2016) Root architecture of sorghum genotypes differing in root angles under different water regimes. Journal of Crop Improvement 31:39-55.
- Liang X, Liakos V, Wendroth O, Vellidis G (2016) Scheduling irrigation using an approach based on the van Genuchten Model for Irrigation Scheduling. Agricultural Water Management 176:170-179.
- Liang X, Erickson JE, Silveira ML, Sollenberger LE, Rowland DL (2015) Tissue chemistry and morphology affect root decomposition of perennial bioenergy grasses on a sandy soil in a sub-tropical environment. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 8:1015-1024.
- Liang X, Su D, Yin S, Wang Z (2009) Leaf water absorption and desorption functions for three turfgrasses. Journal of Hydrology 376:243-248.