Rongzhong Ye

Associate Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Soil Health
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, PeeDee Research and Education Center

Office: Pee Dee Research & Education Center
Phone: 843-519-0494

Email: rongzho@clemson.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Soil & Water Sciences
University of Florida 2010

M.S. Marine & Environmental Biology
Nicholls State University 2006

B.S. Biology Education
Fujian Normal University 2000

Research Interests

My professional background has focused on the biogeochemistry of carbon and nutrients to better understand soil processes that drive ecosystem function and influence environmental quality, with most attention given to soil biogeochemistry of agronomic ecosystems. I am interested in understanding soil biological, chemical, and physical processes that affect microbial community, soil health and crop production. The ultimate goal is to better understand the ecology of soil and hence to improve the management and sustainability.

Lab Members

1. Sapana Parajuli, Ph.D. Student (2024-Present)
2. Than Dam, Postdoc (2023-Present)
3. Nathaniel Burks, Technician (2023-Present)
4. Pierce Curtis, Technician (2023-Present)
5. Frank Oliver, Ph.D. (2022-Present)
6. Luvina Madrid, Ph.D. (Co-advise) (2022-Present)
7. Pratima Poudel, Ph.D. Candidate (2021-Present)
8. Zhine Wang, Ph.D. Candidate (2021-Present)
9. Binaya Parajuli, Ph.D. Candidate (2020-Present)
10. Allen Dewitt, Technician (2020-Present)
11. Swabir Musah, M.S. (2021-2023)
12. Charles Williamson, M.S. (2020-2022)
13. Pratima Poudel, M.S. (2019-2021)
14. Binaya Parajuli, M.S. (2018-2020)

Publications

1. Poudel, P., Parajuli, B., Ye, R. 2024. Clay soil amendment suppressed microbial enzymatic activities while increasing nitrogen availability in sandy soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.20731.
2. Asmita, G., Bagavathiannan, M. V, …, Ye, R., et al. 2024. U.S. cereal rye winter cover crop growth database. Scientific Data 11, 200. doi:10.1038/s41597-024-02996-9
3. Wang, Z., Saski, C., Williamson, C., Campbell, B., Ye, R., 2024. Crop cover and manure compost: Their varied effects on nitrogen availability and nitrogen cycling functional gene abundances in sandy soils for organic farming. Applied Soil Ecology 200, 105446. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105446
4. Renfroe-Becton, H., Ye, R., Anco, D., 2023. Evaluating the use of postharvest decomposition treatments on peanut residues for reducing subsequent infection by Nothopassalora personata. PhytoFrontiersTM. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-03-23-0033-R
5. Poudel, P., Parajuli, B., Park, D. Ye, R. 2023. Cover crop residues decomposition and nutrient releases in a sandy Ultisols of U.S. Coastal Plain: impacts of termination timing. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Ana. DOI:10.1080/00103624.2023.2223612
6. Parajuli, B., Szogi, A., Ye, R. 2022. Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management. Biol. Fertil. Soils. (DOI:10.1007/s00374-022-01665-6).
7. Doane, T., Ye, R., 2022. Photochemical soil methane emission. ACS Earth and Space Chem. 6(7), 1742-1749.
8. Ji, C., Ye, R., Yin, Y., Sun, X., Ma, H., Gao, R., 2022. Reductive soil disinfestation with biochar amendment modified microbial community composition in soils under plastic greenhouse vegetable production. Soil Tillage Res. 218, 105323. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105323
9. Wei, L., Ge, T., Zhu, Z., Ye, R., Peñuelas, J., Li, Y., Lynn, T.M., Jones, D.L., Wu, J., Kuzyakov, Y., 2022. Paddy soils have a much higher microbial biomass content than upland soils: A review of the origin, mechanisms, and drivers. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 326, 107798. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107798
10. Ye, R., Horwath, W.R., 2022. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wetland Rice Systems: Biogeochemical Processes and Management, in: Yang, Y., Keiluweit, M., Senesi, N., Xing, B. (Eds.), Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes. Wiley, pp. 143–157.

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