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Selected Publications

    2026

  • Wong MH, Chen XW, Ushio M (Eds.) Handbook of Sustainable Management of Biodiversity: Strategies for a Thriving Planet, 1st ed.; CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A., 2026. link

    • Handbook of Sustainable Management of Biodiversity
  • Li HH#, Chen XW#, ... (2026) Nanoplastics interfere with plant-mycorrhizal communication and limit plant growth. ISME J. Accepted on 21st April 2026. link

  • Luo XB#, Chen XW#, ... (2026) Enhanced chromium detoxification mediated by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus via arbutin-derived hydroquinone. New Phytol. 249:1011–1025. link

  • Kamchoom V, ..., Chen XW* (2026) Combining compost and biochar facilitates moisture improvements and plant growth under field conditions. Plant Soil. link

    • 2025

  • Chen XW, Zhang MM, Li H (2025) Soil Health Restoration: A Focus on Soil Microbiome Engineering. In: Ecological and Human Health Impacts of Contaminated Food and Environments. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. link

    • 2024

  • Li M, Chen XW, Leung AK (2024) Grass species and mycorrhizal fungi improved aggregate stability of compacted and vegetated soils. Plant Soil. link

  • Chen XW, Pan M, Lee SH (2024) Microbe-assisted Plant Invasion. In: Sustainable Management of Invasive Species. World Scientific Publishing Company. link

    • Microbe-assisted plant invasion
  • Sakolpanya T, Kamchoom V, Chen XW, Leung AK (2024) Effects of AM fungi on root biomechanical properties. In: Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society. CRC Press. link

  • Li HH#, Chen XW#, ..., Li H* (2024) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus alleviates charged nanoplastic stress in host plants via enhanced defense-related gene expressions and hyphal capture. Environ Sci Technol 58:6258–6273. link

    • Symbiotic fungi facing nanoparticles (EST Supplementary Cover)
  • Chen XW#, Kamchoom V#, ..., Wang J* (2024) Potentials of mycorrhizal fungi in altering eight biomechanical properties of plant roots. Land Degrad Dev 35:835–848. link

    Associated Fortran codes that automatically capture multiple tensile properties of roots or other similar materials such as thread: tensile

    • Overall root tough enhanced by symbiotic fungi
  • Li H, ..., Wang J-J*, Chen XW* (2024) Root chemistry and microbe interactions contribute to metal(loid) tolerance of an aromatic plant – Vetiver grass. J Hazard Mater 461:132648. link
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