Genhua Niu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Landscape Water Conservation


Additional Publications and Activities


Refereed journal publications

Niu, G., D. Rodriguez, and Y.T. Wang. 2006. Impact of drought and temperature on growth and leaf gas exchange of six bedding plant species under greenhouse conditions. HortScience (in press). 

 

Niu, G. and D. Rodriguez. 2006. Relative salt tolerance of five herbaceous perennials. HortScience (in press).

 

Niu, G., D. Rodriguez, R. Cabrera, C. McKenney, and W. Mackay. 2006. Determining Water Use and Crop Coefficients of Five Woody Landscape Plants. Journal of Environmental Horticulture (in press).

 

Wang, Y. and G. Niu. 2006. Long-Term growth of live oak propagated from rhizomic shoot cuttings or seeds. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 24:74-76.

 

Niu, G., L. McConnell, and V.R. Reddy. 2005. Propylene glycol vapor contamination in controlled environment growth chambers - Toxicity to corn and soybean plants. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. Vol.B40, No.3: 443-448.

 

Faust, J. J. Adelberg, K. Lewis, and G. Niu. 2005. Evaluating the storage of elephant ears acclimatized from tissue culture. HortTechnology 15(2):295-298.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins, A. Cameron, and W. Carlson. 2004. Vernalization and devernalization of Campanula ‘Birch Hybrid’ and Leucanthemum ´superbum ‘Snow Cap’. HortScience 39: 1647-1649.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins, A. Cameron, and W. Carlson. 2002 . Prevernalization daily light integral and vernalization temperature and duration influence flower induction of several herbaceous perennials. HortScience 37(7):1028-1031.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins1, and W. Carlson. 2002. Using Paclobutrazol to Control Height of Euphorbia pulcherrima ‘Freedom’.  HortTechnology 12(2): 232-236.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins, A.C. Cameron, and W.H. Carlson. 2001. Day and night temperatures, daily light integral, and CO2 enrichment affect growth and flower development of Campanula carpatica ‘Blue Clips’. Scientia Horticulturae 87:93-105.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins, A. C. Cameron, and W.H. Carlson. 2001. Temperature and daily light integral influence plant quality and flower development of Campanula carpatica ‘Blue Clips’ and ‘Deep Blue Clips’ and Campanula ‘Birch Hybrid’. HortScience 36(4):664-668.

 

G. Niu, T. Kozai, M. Hayashi and M. Tateno. 1997. Simulation of the time courses of CO2 concentration in the culture vessel and net photosynthetic rate of potato plantlets cultured photoautotrophically and photomixotrophically in vitro under different lighting cycles. Transactions of the ASAE, 40(6): 1711-1718.

 

Niu, G., R.D. Heins, A.C. Cameron, and W.H. Carlson. 2000. Day and night temperatures, daily light integral, and CO2 enrichment affect growth and flower development of pansy (Viola ´wittrockina). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.125(4):438-441.

 

Nguyen, Q., T. Kozai, G. Niu, and U. Nguyen. 1999. Photosynthetic characteristics of coffee (Coffea arabusta) plantlets in vitro in response to different CO2 concentrations and light intensities.  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 55:133-139.

 

Niu, G., T. Kozai, and C. Kubota. 1998. A system for measuring the in situ CO2 exchange rates of in vitro plantlets. HortScience. 33(6): 1076-1078.

 

Kitaya, Y., G. Niu, T. Kozai and M. Ohashi. 1998. Effects of Photosynthetic Photon Flux, Photoperiod, and CO2 Enrichment on the Growth and Morphogenesis of Lettuce Plug Transplants. HortScience 33(6): 988-991.

 

Niu, G. and T. Kozai. 1997. A simulation of the growth of potato plantlets in vitro cultured photoautotrophically. Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 40(1): 255-260.

 

Niu, G., T. Kozai, M. Hayashi and M. Tateno. 1997. Simulation of the time courses of CO2 concentration in the culture vessel and net photosynthetic rate of potato plantlets cultured photoautotrophically and photomixotrophically in vitro under different lighting cycles. Transactions of the ASAE, 40(6): 1711-1718.

 

Niu, G., T. Kozai and Y. Kitaya. 1996. Simulation of the time courses of CO2 concentration in the culture vessel and net photosynthetic rate of Cymbidium plantlets.  Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 39(4): 1567-1573.

 

Zhang, D., G. Niu, Y. Mu and R. Wang. 1993. A study on the device of nutrient film technique (NFT). Journal of Zhejiang Agri. Univ., Zhejiang, 19(4): 445-449. (in Chinese)

 

Niu, G. and S. Cui. 1989. A study on pad-evaporative-cooling system for a henhouse. Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Zhejiangensis, Zhejiang, 15(3): 290-296. (in Chinese)

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Conference proceedings

 

Niu, G., D.S. Rodriguez, R.I. Cabrera, C. McKenney, W. Mackay. 2006. Water use of five woody ornamentals under nursery and landscape conditions. Proc. SNA (forthcoming).

 

Niu, G. D.S. Rodriguez, and R.I. Cabrera. 2006. Evaluating drought tolerance in herbaceous perennials. Proc. SNA (forthcoming).

 

Cabrera, R.I., L. Rahman, G. Niu, C. McKenney and W. Mackay. 2006. Response of containerized herbaceous perennials to salinity stress. Proc. SNA (forthcoming).

 

Niu, G. and T. Kozai. 1998. Simulation of CO2 concentration in the culture vessel and growth of plantlets in micropropagation. Acta Hort. 456: 37-43.

 

Niu, G., T. Kozai and H. Mikami. 1996. Simulation of the effects of photoperiod and light intensity on the growth of potato plantlets cultured photoautotrophically in vitro. Acta Hort. 440: 622-627.

 

Kubota, C., G. Niu and T. Kozai. 1995. Low temperature storage for production management of in-vitro plantlets: Effects of air temperature and light intensity on preservation of plantlet dry weight and quality during storage. Acta Hort. 393: 103-110.

 

Kozai, T., C. Kubota, J. Heo, C. Chun, K. Ohyama, G. Niu, and H. Mikami. 1997. Towards efficient micropropagation, cutting propagation and transplant production of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) under artificient light in closed ecosystems. In Proc. of International Workshop on Sweetpotato Production System toward the 21st Century, Miyazaki, Japan, 201-214.

 

Kozai, T., C. Chun, E. Goto, K. Iwabuchi, T. Shibuya, Y. Kitaya, G. Niu, J. Heo and C. Kubota. 1997. Photosynthetic and transpirational characteristics of plants in closed systems with artificial lighting. p. 43-52. Proc. of International Meeting on Influence of Climatic Characteristics upon Behavior of Radioactive Elements, eds. Y. Ohmomo & N. Sakurai. Aomori October 14-16, 1997, Japan.

 

Mu Y., D. Zhang, G. Niu, K. Yamada, and Z. Xu. 1995. Studies on water and nutrient absorption of tomato in automatic control Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) system. Proc. of the second Ann. Meeting of Scientific Association for Young Scientists, 467-472.

 

Zhang, D., Z. Xu, Y. Mu, S. Zhang, S. He, Q. Cheng, G. Niu and G. Dong. 1994. The floating capillary hydroponics for vegetable culture. Proc. of Sino-International Colloquium on Soilless Culture’94.

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Book chapters

 

Niu, G. 2005. Modeling and simulation in photoautotrophic microprogation. p.225-236. In T. Kozai, F. Afreen and S.M.A.Zobayed (eds.). Photoautotrophic (sugar-free medium) micropropagation as a new propagation and transplant production system. Springer. Netherlands.

 

Mikami, H. and G. Niu. 1999. Photosynthetic and transpirational characteristics of single leaf of the sweetpotato plants micropropagated or cultured hydroponically. p. 136-140. In T. Kozai (ed.) Development and Utilization of Closed Transplants Production System. Yokendo Ltd., Tokyo. (in Japanese)

 

Kitaya, Y. and G. Niu. 1999. Photosynthetic photon flux, photoperiod, and CO2 concentration affect growth and morphology of lettuce transplants.  p. 160-161. In T. Kozai (ed.) Development and Utilization of Closed Transplants Production System. Yokendo Ltd., Tokyo.(in Japanese)

 

Kozai, T., G. Niu, and C. Chun. 1998. Micropropagated transplants. In: Protected Cultivation, p. 284-290. Japanese Association of Protected Horticulture. (in Japanese)

 

Kozai, T. and G. Niu. 1997. Environmental Control in Micropropagation. Outline of Agricultural Technology. Vol. 5. p. 345-351. (in Japanese)

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Professional Trade Journals

Niu, G. 2002. Rapid propagation of elephant ear under controlled environment. Greenhouse Grower 20(11): 62-65.

 

Niu, G., R. Heins, E. Runkle, A. Cameron, and W. Carlson. 2001.  Ground cover- Pachysandra terminalis. Greenhouse grower 19(11): 86-90.

 

Niu, G., T. Griffing, R. Heins, E. Runkle, A. Cameron, and W. Carlson. 2001. Ground cover- Ceratostigma plumbaginoides.  Greenhouse grower 19(10): 96-100.

 

Niu, G., R. Heins, and W. Carlson. 2001. Keeping Freedom under control – Bonzi is a key component in controlling the late stretch of Freedom poinsettia. Greenhouse Grower 19(9): 88-96.

 

Niu, G., E. Runkle, R.D. Heins, A.C. Cameron, and W.H. Carlson. 2001. Herbaceous perennials - Light. Greenhouse Grower. 19(1):134-143.

 

Niu, G., A. Frane, R.D. Heins, A.C. Cameron, and W.H. Carlson. 1999. Greenhouse temperatures affect the timing and quality of herbaceous perennials. Greenhouse Grower. 17(9): 130-140.

 

Niu, G. and D. Zhang. 1991 (No.1). The structure and management of TAM hydroponics system. Practical Engineering Techniques in Agriculture, Beijing. (in Chinese)

 

Niu, G. Z. Xu and D. Zhang. 1989 (No.4). Drip irrigation system. Practical Engineering Techniques in Agriculture, Beijing. (in Chinese)

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