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Xiaomei Yang
Researcher at Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment
Publications - 62
Citations - 4911
Xiaomei Yang is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 43 publications receiving 2019 citations. Previous affiliations of Xiaomei Yang include Chinese Academy of Sciences & Wageningen University and Research Centre.
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Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system : Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth
Yueling Qi,Xiaomei Yang,Amalia Mejia Pelaez,Esperanza Huerta Lwanga,Nicolas Beriot,Henny Gertsen,Paolina Garbeva,Violette Geissen +7 more
TL;DR: The results showed that macro- and micro- plastic residues affected both above-ground and below-ground parts of the wheat plant during both vegetative and reproductive growth and the type of plastic mulch films used had a strong effect on wheat growth.
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Response of soil dissolved organic matter to microplastic addition in Chinese loess soil.
Hongfei Liu,Xiaomei Yang,Guobin Liu,Chutao Liang,Sha Xue,Sha Xue,Hao Chen,Coen J. Ritsema,Violette Geissen +8 more
TL;DR: In a soil-incubation experiment in a climate-controlled chamber with three levels of microplastic added to loess soil collected from the Loess Plateau in China,microplastic addition stimulated enzymatic activity, activated pools of organic C, N, and P, and was beneficial for the accumulation of dissolved organic C and N.
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Aging mechanism of microplastics with UV irradiation and its effects on the adsorption of heavy metals.
TL;DR: The 2D-COS analysis further clarify the aging mechanism of Polystyrene, and provides a theoretical basis for the assessment of environmental behavior and ecological risk when microplastics and heavy metals coexist.
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Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Wei River, in the northwest of China
TL;DR: This study investigated the occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in the Wei River Basin, which is located in northwestern China, and identified polyethylene, Polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene, as identified using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer.
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A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil.
Shaoliang Zhang,Shaoliang Zhang,Xiaomei Yang,Hennie Gertsen,Piet Peters,Tamás Salánki,Violette Geissen +6 more
TL;DR: Results from field samples collected from North-western China prove that the method of repetitive floatation and heating can be used to extract, distinguish and quantify light density polyethylene microplastics in soils.