Dr. Hong Li
She is an Associate professor in College of Horticulture at Xinjiang Agricultural University, member of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering's Facility Horticulture Engineering Committee. She received her Ph.D. from China Agricultural University in 2021. She committed to the research of plant-microbe interactions, environmental control in facility vegetables, and plant stress physiology, she has published about 10 refereed publications. Her pioneering work showed that both salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive plants recruit specific microorganisms to mitigate salt stress, enhancing plant resilience. This research was published in "The ISME Journal". In facility vegetable cultivation, she integrated soil carbon management with high-frequency water and fertilizer application, demonstrating that comprehensive regulation of carbon, water, and nutrients improves soil quality through microbial activity. Her research on microbe-root-knot nematode interactions led to a screening method for root-promoting and disease-resistant bacteria, resulting in a microbial agent effective against root-knot nematodes and two Chinese national invention patents. Her interest includes plant-microbial interaction; salinity; salt tolerance; plant mineral nutrition.