Dr. Duntao Shu

Visiting Scholar

My research interests focus on:

- Soil nitrogen cycling response to agriculture intensification

- Soil health and soil fertility response to agricultural activity

- Soil microbial community assembly and metabolic functions

- Synthetic community construction response to drought stresses

Office

GUZ,6U22

+49 70712974708

TERRA: Geodiversity fosters soil microbial functional stability via the highspeed evolution pathway (GeoSpeed)
NSFC: Selection effect and driving mechanisms of soybean domestication on rhizosphere diazotrophs in different fertility soils

at GBI group of the University of Tuebingen

at Soil Science and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, China

at Soil Science and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, China

at Soil Science and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, China

Wu Likun, Bai Yansong, Chen Yu, Wei Xiao, Wen Na, Xu Zhiwen, Zhao Xining, Wei Gehong*, Shu Duntao*. 2026. Straw return enhances soil multifunctionality by promoting protist-dominated microbial multitrophic interactions. Soil and Tillage Research, 256, 106903.
Li Da, Chen Weimin*, Luo Wen, Zhang Haofei, Liu Yang, Shu Duntao*, Wei Gehong*. 2025. Seed microbiomes promote Astragalus mongholicus seed germination through pathogen suppression and cellulose degradation. Microbiome, 13(1), 23.
Wei Xiao, Niu Xiaohong, Luo Chenhang, Zhang Wenyu, Sun Xuming, Wu Likun, Chen Wenfeng, Wei Gehong*, Shu Duntao*. 2025. Soybean-maize intercropping modifies quantitative response relationships between nitrogen functional genes and soil respirations in microscale environment of soil aggregation. Applied Soil Ecology, 214, 106379.
Yue Hong, Sun Xuming#, Wang Tingting, Zhang Ali, Han Dejun, Wei Gehong*, Song Weining*, Shu Duntao*. 2024. Host genotype-specific rhizosphere fungus enhances drought resistance in wheat. Microbiome. 12:44.
Yue Hong, Yue Wenjie#, Jiao Shuo, Kim Hyun, Lee Yong-Hwan, Wei Gehong*, Song Weining*, Shu Duntao*. 2023. Plant domestication shapes rhizosphere microbiome assembly and metabolic functions. Microbiome, 11(1), 1-19.