Book Chapter
Zhang, M. B., Chu, X. T., Su, H. N., Hastwell, A. H., Gresshoff, P. M. and Ferguson, B. J. (2018). Advances in understanding soybean physiology and growth. Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans: volume 1 breeding and cultivation techniques. (pp. 3-22) edited by Henry T. Nguyen. Sawston, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/as.2017.0034.01
Journal Articles
Gresshoff, Peter M., Su, Chao, Su, Huanan, Hastwell, April, Cha, Yanyan, Zhang, Mengbai, Grundy, Estelle B., Chu, Xitong, Ferguson, Brett J. and Li, Xia (2025). Functional genomics dissection of the nodulation autoregulation pathway (AON) in soybean (Glycine max). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 67 (3), 762-772. doi: 10.1111/jipb.13898
Hastwell, April H., Chu, Xitong, Liu, Yuhan and Ferguson, Brett J. (2024). The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling. Trends in Plant Science, 29 (12), 1342-1355. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.07.014
Chu, Xitong, Su, Huanan, Hayashi, Satomi, Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2022). Spatiotemporal changes in gibberellin content are required for soybean nodulation. New Phytologist, 234 (2), 479-493. doi: 10.1111/nph.17902
Zhang, X. H., Liu, Y. H., Liu, B. W., Liu, Q., Wen, S. Y., Ao, B., Lin, Z. Q., Zheng, Y. L., Yang, W. Z., Chu, X. T. and Xu, Y. F. (2019). Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus improved growth, antioxidant defense, and endogenous hormones in tall fescue under low-light stress. South African Journal of Botany, 127, 43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.08.032
Zhang, X. H., Chai, R., Ma, Y. F., Meng, W. W., Qi, Y. W., Chu, X. T. and Xu, Y. F. (2019). Nitric oxide effect on mowing tolerance of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea schreb.) roots via antioxidant defense and plant hormones. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 21 (5), 1235-1248.
Xu, Y. F., Chu, X. T., Zhang, X. H., Liu, Q., Miao, Y. J. and Sun, Y. F. (2018). The forms of nitrogen source influence the interaction between Elymus nutans Griseb. and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. South African Journal of Botany, 119, 37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.08.007
Zhang, Xuhu, Liu, Yaohui, Liu, Qian, Zong, Bo, Yuan, Xianping, Sun, Huaien, Wang, Jin, Zang, Lin, Ma, Zhenzhu, Liu, Houmei, He, Shubin, Chu, Xitong and Xu, Yuefei (2018). Nitric oxide is involved in abscisic acid-induced photosynthesis and antioxidant system of tall fescue seedlings response to low-light stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 155, 226-238. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.07.001
Ferguson, B. J., Mens, C., Hastwell, A. H., Zhang, M. B., Su, H., Jones, C. H., Chu, X. T. and Gresshoff, P. M. (2018). Legume nodulation: the host controls the party. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42 (1), 41-51. doi: 10.1111/pce.13348
Thesis
Chu, Xitong (2020). Functional characterisation of gibberellin in soybean nodulation. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.556