Dr. Tiequan Zhang

Dr. Zhang is a Soil Fertility and Water Quality Scientist who conducts research on soil and nutrient management in soil-plant-water agro-ecosystems for maximized crop production profitability with minimized adverse impacts on environmental quality
Current research and/or projects
- Innovative management practices for efficient use of nutrients and water and for increase in crop resilience to climate change
- Legacy soil phosphorus management for improved crop production profitability and soil health with reduced phosphorus loading to Lake Erie
- Resilient crop-livestock systems – unravelling C and N stabilization and restitution mechanisms in manured soils
- Validation and delivery of P risk assessment tools at the field and national scale
Research and/or project statements
- Phosphorus and other nutrients transformations in and transportation from agri-eco-systems
- Risk assessment of soil phosphorus loss from agricultural lands
- Efficient use of nutrients from chemical fertilizers and manures/composts for profitable crop production with improved soil health and resilience to climate change and minimized impacts on environmental quality (water & air)
Professional activities / interests
- National Nutrient Recovery and Reuse Steering Committee (Canada), 2017-present
- Advisory Board for Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance In North America, 2017-2019
- P-RCN, Global Phosphorus Research Network, 2012-2018
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2021 - present)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality (2012-2014, 2015-2017)
- Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2008-2012)
- Guest Editor, Canadian Journal of Soil Science (special issue, 2009-2010)
Education and awards
Ph.D., Soil Chemistry and Fertility, McGill University, 1996
Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, 2019
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 2017
Additional links
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tq-Zhang
Key publications
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Norris, C.E., Gorzelak, M., Arcand, M., Bruhjell, D., Carlyle, C.N., Dyck, M., Ellert, B., Entz, M., Geddes, C.M., Hao, X., Janovicek, K., Larney, F., May, W., Luce, M.St., Van Eerd, L.L., Zhang, T., Beck, R., Cowen, T., Liptzin, D., Morgan, C.L.S. (2023). The story of long-term research sites and soil health in Canadian agriculture. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 103(1), 164-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2021-0174
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Wang, Y.T., Zhang, T.Q., Zhao, Y.C., Ciborowski, J.H.H., Zhao, Y.M., O'Halloran, I.P., Qi, Z.M., Tan, C.S. (2021). Characterization of sedimentary phosphorus in Lake Erie and on-site quantification of internal phosphorus loading. Water Research, [online] 188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116525
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Abbasi, N.A., Madramootoo, C.A., Zhang, T., Tan, C.S. (2020). Nitrous oxide emissions as affected by fertilizer and water table management under a corn-soybean rotation. Geoderma, [online] 375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114473
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Mahdy, A.M., Elkhatib, E., Zhang, T., Fathi, N.O., Lin, Z.Q. (2020). Nano-scale drinkingwater treatment residuals affect arsenic fractionation and speciation in biosolids-amended agricultural soil. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), [online] 10(16), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10165633
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Jiang, Q., Qi, Z., Lu, C., Tan, C.S., Zhang, T., Prasher, S.O. (2020). Evaluating RZ-SHAW model for simulating surface runoff and subsurface tile drainage under regular and controlled drainage with subirrigation in southern Ontario. Agricultural Water Management, [online] 237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106179
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Zhang, T.Q., Zheng, Z.M., Drury, C.F., Hu, Q.C., Tan, C.S. (2020). Legacy Phosphorus After 45 Years With Consistent Cropping Systems and Fertilization Compared to Native Soils. Frontiers in Earth Science, [online] 8 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00183
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Zhang, T., Wang, Y., Tan, C.S., Welacky, T. (2020). An 11-Year Agronomic, Economic, and Phosphorus Loss Potential Evaluation of Legacy Phosphorus Utilization in a Clay Loam Soil of the Lake Erie Basin. Frontiers in Earth Science, [online] 8 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00115
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Jiang, Q., Qi, Z., Madramootoo, C.A., Smith, W., Abbasi, N.A., Zhang, T.Q. (2020). Comparison of Rzwqm2 and Dndc Models to Simulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Combined Inorganic/Organic Fertilization in A Subsurface-Drained Field. Transactions of the ASABE, [online] 63(4), 771-787. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/TRANS.13668
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Sadhukhan, D., Qi, Z., Zhang, T., Tan, C.S., Ma, L., Andales, A.A. (2019). Development and evaluation of a phosphorus (P) module in RZWQM2 for phosphorus management in agricultural fields. Environmental Modelling and Software, [online] 113 48-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.12.007
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Wang, Z., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Wang, X., Taylor, R.A.J., Qi, Z.M., Yang, J.W. (2019). Modeling the impacts of manure on phosphorus loss in surface runoff and subsurface drainage. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 48(1), 39-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2018.06.0240
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Sadhukhan, D., Qi, Z., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Ma, L. (2019). Modeling and mitigating phosphorus losses from a tile-drained and manured field using RZWQM2-P. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 48(4), 995-1005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2018.12.0424
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Hao, X.J., Zhang, T.Q., Wang, Y.T., Tan, C.S., Qi, Z.M., Welacky, T., Hong, J.P. (2018). Soil test phosphorus and phosphorus availability of swine manures with long-term application. Agronomy Journal, [online] 110(5), 1943-1950. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2017.07.0412
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Wang, Z., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Taylor, R.A.J., Wang, X., Qi, Z.M., Welacky, T. (2018). Simulating crop yield, surface runoff, tile drainage and phosphorus loss in a clay loam soil of the Lake Erie region using EPIC. Agricultural Water Management, [online] 204 212-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.021
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Zhang, T.Q., Zheng, Z.M., Lal, R., Lin, Z.Q., Sharpley, A.N., Shober, A.L., Smith, D., Tan, C.S., Van Cappellen, P. (2018). Environmental indicator principium with case references to agricultural soil, water, and air quality and model-derived indicators. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 47(2), 191-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2017.10.0398
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Wang, Y.T., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Qi, Z.M., Welacky, T. (2018). Solid cattle manure less prone to phosphorus loss in tile drainage water. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 47(2), 318-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2017.06.0230
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Eslamian, F., Qi, Z., Tate, M.J., Zhang, T., Prasher, S.O. (2018). Phosphorus Loss Mitigation in Leachate and Surface Runoff from Clay Loam Soil Using Four Lime-Based Materials. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, [online] 229(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3750-0
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Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Wang, Y.T., Ma, B.L., Welacky, T. (2017). Soil phosphorus loss in tile drainage water from long-term conventional- and non-tillage soils of Ontario with and without compost addition. Science of the Total Environment, [online] 580 9-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.019
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Wang, Y.T., Zhang, T.Q., O'Halloran, I.P., Tan, C.S., Hu, Q.C. (2016). A phosphorus sorption index and its use to estimate leaching of dissolved phosphorus from agricultural soils in Ontario. Geoderma, [online] 274 79-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.04.002
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Reynolds, W.D., Drury, C.F., Parkin, G.W., Lauzon, J.D., Saso, J.K., Zhang, T.Q., Liu, K., Welacky, T.W., Yang, X.M., Tan, C.S., Calder, W., Oloya, T.O., Reid, D.K. (2016). Solute dynamics and the Ontario nitrogen index: I. Chloride leaching. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 96(2), 105-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2015-0069
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Wang, Y.T., Zhang, T.Q., O'halloran, I.P., Tan, C.S., Hu, Q.C. (2016). Predicting environmental soil phosphorus limits for dissolved reactive phosphorus loss. Soil Use and Management, [online] 32(1), 60-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.12238
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University of Guelph, Special Graduate Faculty
Adjunct Professor, University of Windsor