Publications

For a complete publication list, please visit the page at google scholar or Research Gate (click the link).

Selected Publications:

Chen YJ, Maenpuen P, Zhang JL. and Zhang YJ. (2023) Remaining uncertainties in the Pneumatic method. New Phytologist, 237: 384-391.

Zhang YJ, Hochberg U, Rockwell FE, Ponomarenko A, Chen Y-J, Manandhar A, Graham AC, Holbrook NM. (2022) Xylem conduit deformation across vascular plants: an evolutionary spandrel or protective valve? New Phytologist, In Press https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18584

Tasnim R, Wang L, Parit M, Zhang YJ. (2022) Interactions of cellulose nanofibrils with a foliar fertilizer and wild blueberry leaves: Potential to enhance fruit yield. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, In Press.

Han JM, Chang CYY, Gu LH, Zhang YJ, Meeker EW, Magney TS, Walker AP, Wen JM, Kira O, McNaull S, Sun Y. (2022) The physiological basis for estimating photosynthesis from chlorophyll a fluorescence. New Phytologist 234, 1206-1219.

Tasnim R, Birkel S, Calderwood L, Roberts S, Zhang YJ. (2022) Seasonal climate trends across the wild blueberry barrens of Maine, USA. Atmosphere 26, 13, 690.

Barai K, Calderwood L, Wallhead M, Vanhanen H, Hall B, Drummond F, Zhang YJ. (2022) High Variation in Yield among Wild Blueberry Genotypes: Can Yield Be Predicted by Leaf and Stem Functional Traits? Agronomy 12, 617.

Song L, Yang B, Liu LL, Mo YX, Liu WJ, Meng XJ, Lu HZ, Li Y, Zakari S, Tan ZH, Fan ZX, Zhang YJ. (2022) Spatial-temporal differentiations in water use of coexisting trees from a subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Southwest China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 316, 108862.

Tasnim R, Calderwood L, Tooley B, Wang L, Zhang YJ. (2022) Are foliar fertilizers beneficial to growth and yield of wild lowbush blueberries? Agronomy 12, 470.

Chen YY#, Pahadi P, Calderwood L, Annis S, Drummond F, Zhang YJ. (2022) Will climate warming alter biotic stresses in wild lowbush blueberries? Agronomy 2022, 12:371.

Siddiq Z, Zhang YJ. (2022) Cool-dry season depression in gas exchange of canopy leaves and water flux of tropical trees at the northern limit of Asian tropics. Plant Ecology 223, 171-183.

Schattman RE, Smart A, Birkel S, Jean H, Barai K, Zhang YJ. (2022) Strawberry Growth under Current and Future Rainfall Scenarios. Water 14, 313.

Barai K, Tasnim R, Hall B, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P, Zhang YJ. (2021) Is Drought Increasing in Maine and Hurting Wild Blueberry Production? Climate 9, 178.

Tasnim R, Zhang YJ. (2021) Are wild blueberries a crop with low photosynthetic capacity? Chamber-size effects in measuring photosynthesis. Agronomy 11, 1572.

Tasnim R, Drummond F, Zhang YJ. (2021) Climate change patterns of wild blueberry fields in Downeast, Maine over the past 40 years. Water 13, 594.

Zhang YJ, Sack L, Cao KF, Wei XM, Li N. (2017) Speed versus endurance tradeoff in plants: Leaves with higher photosynthetic rates show stronger seasonal declines. Scientific Reports 7, 42085.

Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Graham AC, Alexander T, Holbrook NM. (2016) Reversible leaf xylem collapse: a potential ‘circuit breaker’ against cavitation. Plant Physiology 172, 2261–2274.

Zhang YJ, Bucci SJ, Arias, NS, Scholz FG, Hao GY, Cao KF, Goldstein G. (2016) Freezing resistance in Patagonian woody shrubs: the role of cell wall elasticity and stem vessel size. Tree Physiology 36, 1007-1018. (Cover Paper)

Zhang YJ, Cao KF, Sack L, Li N, Wei XM, Goldstein G. (2015) Extending the generality of leaf economic design principles in the cycads, an ancient lineage. New Phytologist203, 96-106.

Zhang YJ, Holbrook NM. (2014) The stability of xylem water under tension: A long, slow spin proves illuminating (Commentary). Plant Cell & Environment 37, 2652-2653.

Zhang YJ, Rockwell FE, Wheeler JK, Holbrook NM. (2014) Reversible deformation of transfusion tracheids in Taxus baccata is associated with a reversible decrease in leaf hydraulic conductance. Plant Physiology 165, 1557-1565.

Zhang YJ, Holbrook NM, Cao KF. (2014) Seasonal dynamics in photosynthesis of woody plants at the northern limit of the Asian tropics: potential role of fog in maintaining tropical rainforests and agriculture in Southwest China. Tree Physiology 34, 1069-1078.

Zhang YJ, Meinzer FC, Qi JH, Goldstein G, Cao KF. (2013) Midday stomatal conductance is more related to stem rather than leaf water status in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaf trees. Plant Cell & Environment 36, 149-158.

Cao KF, Yang SJ, Zhang YJ, Brodribb TJ. (2012) The maximum height of grasses is determined by roots. Ecology Letters 15, 666-672.