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Youbin Zheng

ResearcherEnvironmental Sciences, School ofUniversity of Guelph

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Youbin Zheng

Researcher

Environmental Sciences, School of

Natural Sciences

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Compost Greenhouse production Growing media Irrigation Leaf green Plant residue Recycle Soilless production

Latest papers

Evaluating Silicon Application Strategies for Sweet Basil Growth and Postharvest Chilling Injury Alleviation.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Spectral overlap of far-red light with chlorophyll fluorescence causes artifacts in PAM-based Φ PSII determination.
Frontiers in plant science · 2026
Growth and yield of greenhouse eggplant under extended photoperiods using light emitting diodes.
Frontiers in plant science · 2025

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Sustainable soilless growing media design with integrated knowledge management and artificial intelligence
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$106,300
Develop Protocols to Reuse Growing Media and Plant Residue in Greenhouse Baby Green Production
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$177,152
Controlled environment production of high-value medicinal plants and fungi
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$284,783

All 14 grants and awards

17 publications.

Evaluating Silicon Application Strategies for Sweet Basil Growth and Postharvest Chilling Injury Alleviation.

Ly V, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants15182755 PMID: 42796787

Spectral overlap of far-red light with chlorophyll fluorescence causes artifacts in PAM-based Φ PSII determination.

Park JU, Zheng Y, Kim J

Frontiers in plant science2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1703422 PMID: 41684857

Growth and yield of greenhouse eggplant under extended photoperiods using light emitting diodes.

Terlizzese D, Lanoue J, Little C, St Louis S, Zheng Y, Hao X

Frontiers in plant science2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1737061 PMID: 41635691

Complex Signaling Networks Underlying Blue-Light-Mediated Floral Transition in Plants.

Kong Y, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants14101533 PMID: 40431098

Longer Photoperiod Substantially Increases Indoor-Grown Cannabis' Yield and Quality: A Study of Two High-THC Cultivars Grown under 12 h vs. 13 h Days.

Ahrens A, Llewellyn D, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants13030433 PMID: 38337966

Magic Blue Light: A Versatile Mediator of Plant Elongation.

Kong Y, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants13010115 PMID: 38202422

Is Twelve Hours Really the Optimum Photoperiod for Promoting Flowering in Indoor-Grown Cultivars of Cannabis sativa?

Ahrens A, Llewellyn D, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants12142605 PMID: 37514220

Foliar Symptomology, Nutrient Content, Yield, and Secondary Metabolite Variability of Cannabis Grown Hydroponically with Different Single-Element Nutrient Deficiencies.

Llewellyn D, Golem S, Jones AMP, Zheng Y

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/plants12030422 PMID: 36771506

Indoor grown cannabis yield increased proportionally with light intensity, but ultraviolet radiation did not affect yield or cannabinoid content.

Llewellyn D, Golem S, Foley E, Dinka S, Jones AMP, Zheng Y

Frontiers in plant science2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.974018 PMID: 36237501

Optimisation of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium for Soilless Production of Cannabis sativa in the Flowering Stage Using Response Surface Analysis.

Bevan L, Jones M, Zheng Y

Frontiers in plant science2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.764103 PMID: 34868163

Sustainable soilless growing media design with integrated knowledge management and artificial intelligence

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Sheng S

Keywords: artificial intelligence; greenhouse production; inverse design; knowledge management; machine learning; ornament production; peat-free; soilless growing media

$106,300

Develop Protocols to Reuse Growing Media and Plant Residue in Greenhouse Baby Green Production

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zheng, Youbin Y

Keywords: compost; greenhouse production; growing media; irrigation; leaf green; plant residue; recycle; soilless production; sustainable; used growing media

$177,152

Controlled environment production of high-value medicinal plants and fungi

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Dixon, Michael MA

Keywords: Controlled Environment Agriculture; High-value medicinal crop production; LEDs, spectral quality, intensity; Naturopathic medicine; Photosynthetic energy; Plant environment variables; Plant medicinal compounds; Plant nutrient uptake; Plant physiological responses; Secondary metabolite profiles

$284,783

In vitro technologies for propagation and genetic improvement of Cannabis sativa

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jones, Andrew

$150,000