Dr. Lingxiao Zhang

Associate Research Professor

Mailing Address
Delta Research and Extension Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776-0197

Physical Address
Delta Research and Extension Center
82 Stoneville Road
Stoneville, MS 38776

Telephone: (662) 686-3215
Fax: (662) 686-7336

Web Site
Delta Research and Extension Center

URL
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/drec/

Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois (UIUC), Plant Physiology (Agronomy)
M.S. Oregon State University (OSU), Horticulture (Small fruit)
M.A. University of Northern Colorado, Biology (Botany)
B.A. Hangzhou Normal College, China, Biology

Experience

Associate and Assistant Research Professor – Soybean physiology and production
Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University
Biological Scientist – Rice and sugarcane physiology and production
Everglade Research and Education Center, University of Florida & Sugarcane Breeding Field Research Station (FL), USDA
Post-Doctor – Soybean flowering and maturity physiology
Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign

Professional and Society Service

Committee member for the International Service in Agronomy Award Committee- 2008-2009
Committee member for the Minorities in Agronomy Committee- 2008-2010
President, vice president and secretary of The Association of Chinese Soil & Plant Scientists in North America (ACSPSNA, A professional organization affiliate to American Society of Agronomy)- 2003-2005
Database coordinator of Multi-state Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group (SCC-33)- 2003-present

Membership

Member of American Society of Agronomy
Member of American Society of Crop Sciences
Member of American Society of Phytopathology
Member of American Society of Horticulture Sciences
Member of American Soybean Association
Member of Mississippi Soybean Association
Member of SCC-33
Member of Mississippi Agriculture Science

Recent Publications

Referred Journal Research Articles

Zhang. L. X., S. K. Boahen, J. Zhang, M. H. Zhang, B. Freeland, C. E. Watson and X. M. Liu. 2007. Modifications of optimum adaptation zones for soybean maturity groups in the USA. Online. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2007-0927-01-RS..
Zhang, L.X. and S. K. Boahen. 2007. Growth and economic return of vegetable soybeans (Edamame) in Mississippi. HortTechnology. 17: 26-31
Boahen, S. K. and L.X. Zhang. 2006. Soybean-wheat double cropping using early soybeans varieties in Mississippi Delta. Agr. J. Agron J. 2006; 98: 295-301
Zhang, L. X. 2006. Planting date effect on after-flowering partition on different soybean maturity groups and stem-termination. Agriculture Journal. 1 (2): 64-71.
Qin Y, S. Zhang, L. X. Zhang, D. Zhu, S. Asghar. 2005. Response of strawberry cv. Toyonoka in vitro to silver nitrate (AgNO3). Hortscience. 40(3):747-751.
Qin Y, S. Zhang, S. Asghar, Zhang L. X., Q. Qin, K. Chen and C. Xu. 2005. Regeneration mechanism of Toyonoka strawberry under different color plastic films. Plant Sci. 168: 1425-1431.
Zhang, L.X., J. Zhang, S. Kyei-Boahen, and C. E. Watson, Jr. 2004. Developing phenological prediction tables for soybean. Online. Crop Management. doi:10.1094/CM-2004-1025-01-RS.
Xu Kai, Y. P. Guo, S. L. Zhang, L. Zhang, Zhang L. X. 2004. Effect of light quality on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in strawberry leaves. Agri. Sci. in China, 9 (3): 678-686.
Zhang, L. X, W. Qi, L Su, and F. Whisler, 2002. Deltasoy - An Internet-based database system for soybean research and production. Agron. J. 94 (5):1163-1171.
Zhang, L. X., R. F. Wang, and J, D. Hesketh. 2001. Effects of photoperiod on growth and development of soybean floral bud in different maturity. Agron. J. 93 (4) 944-948.

Book Chapter

Zhang, L. X. 2008. Soybean Production in Mississippi. IN: Mississippi Encyclopedia. Edited & Published by University of Mississippi. Oxford. Mississippi (accepted).

Symposia, Proceedings and Research Bulletin:

White, B., F. Boykin, B. Burgess, D. Rowe, B. Johnson, E. Larson, S. Soignier, A. Smith, B. Spinks, J. Singleton and L X. Zhang. 2007. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2007. Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn. Inf. Bull. 437.
White, B., A. Blaine, B. Burgess, P. Gerard, J. Coccaro, R, Martin, D. Poston, A. Smith, D. Reginelli, M. Young, and L X. Zhang. 2007. Mississippi soybean variety trials, 2006. Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn. Inf. Bull. 431.
White, B., F. Boykin, B. Burgess, P. Garard, B. Johnson, E. Larson, R. Martin, D. Perkins, D. Respess, J. Singleton, A, Smith, and L. X. Zhang. 2006. Mississippi wheat & ort variety trials, 2006. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. 428.
White, B, A. Blaine, B. Burgess, P. Gerard, W. Maily, R. Martin, D. Poston, T. Rector, A. Smith, C. Watson, M. Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2006. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2005. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. 425.
White, B, A. Blaine, B. Burgess, R. Martin, D. Poston, T. Rector, A. Smith, C. Watson, M. Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2005. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2004. Mississippi Agri.& Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. 418.
Zhang, L. X., S. K. Boahen, J. Zhang, C. E. Watson, D. Poston, A. Blaine, and B. White. 2005. Utilization of prediction tables for soybean growth and maturity in Mississippi Delta. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. Miss. Info. Sheet 1344.
Blaine A., H. Fulton, B. Graves, A. Henn, D. Ingram, W. Moore, G, D. Poston, G. Scuimbato, B. Spinke, B. Ward, M. Wardlaw, L. X. Zhang. 2005. Suggested guidelines for using fungicides to manage soybean rust. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. 2371.
Zhang, L. X. 2004. Exploring the Feasibility of Growing Maturity Group III Soybeans in the MidSouth. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Res. Sheet.1343.
White, B, A. Blaine, R. Martin, D. Poston, T. Rector, A. Smith, C. Watson, M. Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2004. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2003. Mississippi Agri.& Forest Exp. Stn. Info. Bull. 404.
Zhang, L. X. and W. Qi. 2003. Structure and technical compositions of an Internet-based soybean database. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 1131.
White, B, A. Blaine, R. Martin, D. Poston, T. Rector, A. Smith, C. Watson, M. Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2003. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2002. Inf. Bull. 396. Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn. Mississippi State.
White, B, A. Blaine, J. Howell, W. Maily, R. Martin. A. Smith, C. Watson, M. Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2002. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2001. Inf. Bull. 384. Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn. Mississippi State.
White, B, A. Blaine, R. Ivy, W Maily, W Marlow, A. Smith, C. Watson, M Young, and L. X. Zhang. 2001. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials 2000. Inf. Bull. 374. Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn., Mississippi State.
Zhang, L. X. 2001. The effects of foliar applications of Boron and Dimilin on soybean yield. Mississippi Agri. & Forest Exp. Stn. Res. Rpt. v. 22, No. 16.

Abstract

L. X. Zhang, M. H. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Kyei-Boahen, T.B. Freeland, and C.E. Watson, Jr. 2007. Application of GIS on map creation for optimum adaptation zone of soybean maturity groups in the USA.
Zhang, L. X, S. Kyei-Boahen, and S. Moore. 2007. Effects of March-planting on physiological performance and yield potential of MG III soybeans growing in the Midsouth. New Orleans, LA. Nov. 4-8, 2007.
Kyei-Boahen and L. X. Zhang. 2007. Cultivar, Planting Date, and Seeding Rate Effects on Soybean Growth and Yield. 2007. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Nov. 4-8, 2007.
L. X. Zhang. 2007. Critical shattering period of MG IV soybeans under early planting system in Mississippi. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Southern Branch Meeting, Mobile, AL. Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2007.
Zhang, L. X., and Kyei-Boahen, S. 2006. Growth and yield of vegetable soybeans (Edamame) in Mississippi. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16, 2006.
Kyei-Boahen, S., and L. X. Zhang. 2006. Wheat-soybean double cropping utilizing early maturing soybean in Mississippi. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16, 2006.
Kyei-Boahen, S., and Zhang, L. X. 2005. Effect of fungicide seed treatment on stand and yield of early-planted soybeans in Mississippi. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 6-10, 2005.
Zhang, L. X., and Kyei-Boahen, S. 2005. Reality and practices of utilizing early maturity soybean in the Mid-South. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 6-10, 2005.
Kyei-Boahen, S., Zhang, L. X. and Zhang J. Q. 2004. Growth and yield responses of soybean maturity groups to planting date. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Oct. 31- Nov. 4, 2004.
Kyei-Boahen, S., Zhang, L. X. and Zhang J. Q. 2004. Response of early-planted soybean to early season flood. VII World Soybean Research Conference, Feb 29-March 5, 2004, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, p. 183.
Zhang, L. X., Kyei-Boahen, S., and Zhang J. Q. 2004. A new model for wheat-soybean double-cropping system using early soybean varieties in the Mid Southern USA. VII World Soybean Research Conference, Feb 29-March 5, 2004, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, p. 135.
Kyei-Boahen, S., Zhang, L. X. and Zhang J. Q. 2003. Effects of early season flooding on early soybean production system in the Mid-South. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Denver CO, Nov. 2-6, 2003.
Zhang, L. X., Zhang J. Q., Watson, C. E. and Kyei-Boahen, S. 2003. A decision support system for soybean variety selection and production in Mississippi. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Denver CO, Nov. 2-6, 2003.
Zhang J. Q., Zhang, L. X., and Watson, C. E. 2002. Modification of the Deltasoy database and potential applications in research and extension education. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 10-14, 2002.
Zhang, L. X., Zhang J. Q., and Watson, C. E. 2002. Modeling soybean phenological development in Mississippi Using Field Data. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 10-14, 2002.
Zhang, L. X., Zhang J. Q., and Watson, C. E. 2002. Application of an Internet-based database system for official variety trials. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 21-25, 2002.
Zhang, L, D. H. Poston and F. T. Cooke, 2001. Surveys of recent soybean production trends in Mississippi Delta. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 21-25, 2002.

Web-based extension and research programs and software

Web-based Mississippi Soybean Variety Trial Database- Deltasoy – An interactive soybean database system for searching Mississippi soybean variety search program
(http://msucares.com/deltasoy/dbHome.html)
Online head-to-head soybean variety comparison program - An internet-based soybean variety comparison program used to make a selection decision for Mississippi soybean growers
(http://msucares.com/deltasoy/headToHeadFrame.html)
Soypheno – A soybean growth stage calculator and prediction program
http://msucares.com/deltasoy/gsModelFrame.htm
Soybean disease information page – Information listed for disease responses of soybean varieties in
Mississippi (http://msucares.com/deltasoy/disease1.jsp)
US soybean maturity group zone map - A modified map of adaptation zones for soybean maturity groups
in the US (http://www.deltasoy.msstate.edu/MGMap.htm)
On-line soybean seed company database: (http://www.deltasoy.msstate.edu/seeds.htm)
Photoperiod calculator for soybean maturity group adaptation in the US
(http://www.deltasoy.msstate.edu/ppcalc.htm)