Ph.D, Associate Professor
Educational Background:
Ph.D. in Crop Science, Zhejiang University, 2015
Global Academic Experience:
Visiting Scholar, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2018–2019)
Visiting Scholar, Dalhousie University, Canada (2024–2025)
Research Expertise:
1. Physiological and molecular mechanisms regulating crop quality and its environmental interactions.
2. Effects of soil nutrient dynamics and fertilization strategies on pomelo fruit quality
Publications:
Research has been published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Food Science & Nutrition, Scientia Horticulturae, Journal of Cereal Science, Journal of Plant Physiology, Postharvest Biology and Technology, Science of the Total Environment, Agricultural Systems, Physiologia Plantarum, Soil and Tillage Research, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Journal of Plant Ecology, Plants, Crop and Pasture Science, Journal of Zhejiang University - Science B, and Plant Growth Regulation.
1. Su D, Zhou L, Zhao Q, et al. Different phosphorus supplies altered the accumulations and quantitative distributions of phytic acid, zinc, and iron in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66(7): 1601-1611.
2. Su D, Jin Z, Ou J, et al. Spatial–temporal variation of grain magnesium, calcium and their response to phosphorus nutrition in sweet corn. Food Science & Nutrition, 2025, 13(1): e4725.
3. Su D, Song B, Wu H, et al. Variations in phytic acid, phenolic, flavonoid, and mineral-bioavailabilities during pomelo fruit development and their relation to fertilization strategy. Scientia Horticulturae, 2024, 327: 112804.
4. Su D, Jiang Y, Song B, et al. Reduced fertilization and magnesium supplementation: Modulating fruit quality in honey pomelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.). Plants, 2024, 13(19): 2757.
5. Su D, Lei B T, Li Z W, et al. Influence of high temperature during filling period on grain phytic acid and its relation to spikelet sterility and grain weight in non-lethal low phytic acid mutations in rice. Journal of Cereal Science, 2014, 60(2): 331-338.
Research Projects:
National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanisms of the Interaction Between Grain-Filling Temperature and Carbon-Nitrogen Metabolism in Rice Affecting Storage Protein Synthesis (Participant). Project No.: 31271655.
National Natural Science Foundation of China: Physiological Constraints and Regulatory Mechanisms of Poor Grain-Filling in Low-Phytic Acid Mutant Rice (Participant). Project No.: 31071366.
Contact:
Email: suda@fafu.edu.cn