Faculty Directory
Dr. Donglin Zhang
Research Area:
Ornamental Horticultue
E-mail:
donglin@maine.edu
Phone:
207-581-2918
Office:
108B Deering
Bio: Dr. Zhang received his
B.A. (1983) and M.S. (1989) from Central South Forestry University.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1998. He
joined the faculty in 1999 and is an Associate Professor of
Ornamental Horticulture.
Current Research:
Landscape Horticulture Programs
focus on ornamental and floricultural plants and their uses in
landscape. The research can be classified into applied and basic
research projects. Applied research deals with problems we face
everyday on our ornamental and floricultural plant production, such
as how to produce better and healthy plant materials for our
gardens, effect of environmental factors on plant growth and
flowerings, how to propagate the new and usual ornamental and native
plants for our landscape, and etc. Basic research emphases the
principals and application of modern techniques on ornamental
plants, such as why does short-day induce flowering of Poinsettias,
application of DNA markers and sequence on cultivar discrimination,
and etc. Research activities include the studies at ornamental
gardens, field research trials, nurseries, greenhouses, and
laboratories. This research is carried out through the efforts of
post-doctoral scientists, technicians, graduate students, and
undergraduate student workers with collaboration of faculty from
University of Maine and other national and international institutes.
Funding for research is derived through the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station at the University of Maine, Maine and regional
Green Industries, USDA, personal donations, and other sources.
Graduate students are typically sought to assist in these studies
and to develop their own research problem that compliments the
existing program. Assistantship support is from departmental
assistantships or from extramural funding.
Recent Publications
Zhang, Donglin, Jung-Myung Lee, and
Ryutaro Tao (Editors). 2008. Acta Horticulturae 769: Proceedings of
the international symposium on Asian plants with unique
horticultural potential II -- indigenous Asian horticultural plants.
International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, Belgium.
Zhang, Donglin, Riqing Zhang, Jiangfan Yu, Lois B. Stack, Bixia Xie,
and John M. Ruter. 2008. Teaoil camellia --- Eastern "Olive" for the
world. Acta Horticulturae 769:43-48.
Zhang, Donglin, Dongyan Hu, Jianhua Li, and Tomasz Anisko. 2008.
Relationship of Buxus L. accessions from Longwood Gardens based on
morphological and molecular characters. Journal of Central South
University of Forestry and Technology 28(4):1-7.
Burnett, Stephanie E., Donglin Zhang, Lois B. Stack, and Zhongqi He.
2008. Effects of phosphorus on morphology and foliar nutrient
concentrations of hydroponically grown Scaevola aemula R. Br.
‘Whirlwind Blue’. HortScience 43(3):902-905.
Chen, Liangming, Yang Xiang, Donglin Zhang, Zhihui Li, Yonghua Chen,
Qian Ma, and Jing Peng. 2008. Optimization of ISSR-PCR system for
Magnolia grandiflora L. Seed 27(6):10-14.
Chen, Yonghua, Yang Xiang, Donglin Zhang, Zhihui Li, Liangming Chen,
Jing Peng, and Qian Ma. 2008. Better methods for Magnolia
grandiflora L. DNA extraction. Journal of Central South University
of Forestry and Technology 28(3):45-48.
Geng, Fang, Donglin Zhang, Zhihui Li, Jianmin Fu and Xun Chen. 2008.
The influence of KIBA rooting hormones on the rooting of
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehd. stem cuttings. Journal of Huazhong
Agricultural University 27(1):127-130.
He, Z., I.A. Tazisong, Z.N. Senwo, and D. Zhang. 2008. Soil
properties and macro cations status impacted by long-term applied
poultry litter. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 39:858-872.
Ma, Jinglin, Donglin Zhang, Riqing Zhang, Jiyuan Li, and Yi Jiang.
2008. Golden camellias from Guangxi, China. SNA Research Conference
Proceedings 53:169-173.
Nair, Ajay, Donglin Zhang, John Smagula, and Dongyan Hu. 2008.
Rooting and overwintering stem cuttings of Stewartia pseudocamellia
Maxim. relevant to hormone, media, and temperature. HortScience
43(7):2124-2128.
Xie, Bixia, Xun Chen, Donglin Zhang, Wenbin Liang, Qiuping Zhong,
Sen Wang, Riqing Zhang, Anping Li, Xiaofang Pan, Yafeng Wen, Hongwen
Zhuang, Tao Wu, Zhanying Gu, Xinjian Wang, Jiangfan Yu, and Manhui
Hu. 2008. Woody starch plants of China. Science Press, Beijing.
Yang, Fan, Donglin Zhang and Wen Nie. 2008. Development of green
roofs with Chinese tradition. Modern Agricultural Science and
Technology 2008(5):56-59.
Zhang, Riqing, Donglin Zhang, Zhilei Ding, Xu Zhang, Xiaoling Jin,
Jiangfan Yu, and Li Wen. 2008. Advances in genetic improvement of
teaoil camellia. Acta Horticulturae 769:33-42.
Zhu, Ling, Donglin Zhang, Xiaoling Jin, Zhonghua Peng and Bin Zhang.
2008. Cutting propagation of Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. under
various treatments. Guizhou Science 29(3):24-27.
Zhang, Donglin, Xun Chen, Fang Geng, Zhihui Li, and Riqing Zhang.
2007. One hundred miles of natural Rhododendron communities. SNA
Research Conference Proceedings 52:368-371.
Zhang, Donglin, Jiangfan Yu, Yongzhong Chen, and Riqing Zhang. 2007.
Ornamental teaoil Camellia cultivars and their hypocotyl graft
propagation. SNA Research Conference Proceedings 52:256-260.
Chen, Liangming, Donglin Zhang, Zhihui Li, Yonghua Chen, Jingjing
Xiao, and Limei Peng. 2007. Improvement on PAGE silver staining and
band recovering. Journal of Central South University of Forestry and
Technology 27(6):163-165.
Chen, Yonghua, Xiaofu Wu, Donglin Zhang, Liangming Chen, Jianglin
Liao, Mingli Chen, Wenqing Ma, and Ruili Qiao. 2007. Effects of
nutrient formula on growth of hydroponically grown indoor foliage
plants. Research of Agricultural Modernization 28(6):767-769.
Chen, Yonghua, Xiaofu Wu, Donglin Zhang, Liangming Chen, Mingli
Chen, Dian Lei, Xiuxiang Zhang, and Jinyu Huang. 2007. Effects of
nutrient formula and concentrations on growth of hydroponically
grown ornamentals. Journal of Central South University of Forestry
and Technology 27(6):34-37.
Wang, Xiaohong, Mingwang Shi, Xun Chen, Donglin Zhang, Xiaofeng Tan,
and Fangming Hu. 2007. Evaluation of Rhododendron ornamental value
through fuzzy similarity priority ratio and grey system. Proceedings
of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Grey Systems and
Intelligent Services 2007:988-991.
Zhao, Kai-Ge, Donglin Zhang, Gituru Wahiti Robert, Ming-Qin Zhou,
and Long-Qing Chen. 2007. Genetic diversity and discrimination of
Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link germplasm using ISSR and RAPD
markers. HortScience 42(5):1144-1148.
Hu, Dongyan, Zuoshuang Zhang, Donglin Zhang, Qixiang Zhang, and
Jianhua Li. 2006. Ornamental peach and its genetic relationships
revealed by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) fingerprints. Acta
Horticulturae 713:113-120.
Hu, Dongyan, Zuoshuang Zhang, Donglin Zhang, Qixiang Zhang, and
Jianhua Li. 2005. Genetic relationship of ornamental peach
determined using AFLP markers. HortScience 40(6):1782-1786.
Zhang, Donglin and Michael A. Dirr. 2004. Ornamental plant trials
from Georgia to Maine --- a case study of Chamaecyparis thyoides
accessions. SNA Research Conference Proceedings 49:602-606.
Zhang, Donglin and Michael A. Dirr. 2004. Potential new ornamental
plants from China. SNA Research Conference Proceedings 49:607-609.
Zhang, Donglin, R. Moran, and L. Stack. 2004. Effect of phosphorus
on growth and flowering of Scaevola aemula R. Br. ‘New Wonder’.
HortScience 39(7):1728-1731.
Li, Jianhua, Donglin Zhang, Jeremy Ledger, and Peter Del Tredici.
2004. Identification of a heather-leaved cypress cultivar based on
sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. HortScience 39(6):1217-1219.
Yang, Liuqing and Donglin Zhang. 2004. Effect of growth regulators
on growth and flowering of Rudbeckia hirta L. 'Plainview Farm'.
Journal of Hunan Agricultural University (Natural Sciences)
30(6):549-551.
Zhang, Donglin and S. Effner. 2003. Potential new garden plants from
Maine. The International Plant Propagator's Society Combined
Proceedings 53:585-588.
Effner, Steve, Donglin Zhang, and Stacy Ruchala. 2003. High demanded
native plants from Maine. The International Plant Propagator's
Society Combined Proceedings 53:562-566.
Lee, J.M. and Donglin Zhang (Editors). 2003. Acta Horticulture 620:
Asian plants with unique horticultural potential -- genetic
resources, cultural practices, and utilization. International
Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, Belgium.
Li, Jianhua, Donglin Zhang, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny
and biogeography of Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae) inferred from DNA
sequences of the nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Rhodora 105(922):
106-117.
Liu, Kewang, Donglin Zhang, and Xiaoming Wang. 2003. Hunan (China)
flora with rich ornamental plants. Acta Horticulturae 620:403-409.
Zhao, Liangjun and Donglin Zhang. 2003. Ornamental plant resources
from China. Acta Horticulturae 620:365-375.
Updated: 31 March 2009
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