Qifu Ma
Research Fellow
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Qifu Ma is a crop physiologist with the research focus on environmental effects on plant physiological and biochemical processes, growth and yield under both controlled and field conditions, particularly in the areas of plant tolerance to drought and salinity, source-sink relations, nutrient acquisition and utilisation.
Research Interest
Crop stress physiology (drought, salinity); Plant nutrition (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium); Plant hormone (cytokinins)
Publications
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Liu, W., Liu, J., Ma, Q., (2016), Quantifying root deformation caused by soil radial pressure: A case study with vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides), International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 18, 3, pages 573 - 576.
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Ma, Q., Bell, R., (2016), Canola, narrow-leafed lupin and wheat differ in growth response to low-moderate sodium on a potassium-deficient sandy soil, Crop and Pasture Science: an international journal for crop and pasture science, 67, 11, pages 1168 - 1178.
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Liu, W., Liu, J., Yao, M., Ma, Q., (2016), Salt tolerance of a wild ecotype of vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) in southern China, Botanical Studies (Print), 57, 1, pages -.
