周治国，农学博士，南京农业大学农学院教授，博士生导师。国家棉花产业技术体系岗位科学家，农业部棉花专家指导组成员，中国棉花学会副理事长。主要从事作物生理生态与栽培管理技术等教学与科研工作，2018年被评为南京农业大学优秀研究生导师，2019年被评为南京农业大学最美教师，2010-2019年年度考核连续10年优秀。
在教学方面：主讲博士生必修课“作物栽培学与耕作学专题”和“作物学研究前沿”，完善、建成了作物栽培学与耕作学学科博士生教学体系。出版十一五(2版)、十二五(2版) 普通高等教育国家级规划教材《作物栽培学总论》(第1、2(2011.1)、3(2017.7)版，科学出版社, 副主编)。2010-2019年培养博士、硕士30名，目前指导在读博士生、硕士生16名。
在科研方面：主要研究棉花生长发育与产量品质形成规律及其响应环境变化的生理生态基础和棉花优质高产高效栽培技术体系等。2010-2019年，主持国家自然科学基金5项(重点项目1项、面上项目4项)、国家棉花产业技术体系岗位科学家项目(2008-2020)、国家重点研发计划课题1项、农业部公益性行业科研专项课题3项、国家科技支撑计划课题2项等；出版专著《棉花生理生态与产量品质形成》（科学出版社，2018.1）；入选农业农村部和江苏省农业主推技术2项；以通讯作者发表论文135篇，其中Sci收录论文76篇(Q1区62%，学科排名前10%论文15篇)。主持完成的“棉花优质高产协同理论与高效栽培技术”，创新了棉花优质高产理论，创造了棉花高效栽培技术，推动了棉花产业进步，获2018-2019年度神农中华农业科技奖科学研究类成果一等奖。
近五年（2016-2020）主持科研项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金重点项目，**，棉花发育影响花铃期水分逆境的生理机制研究，2017.01-2021.12，264万元。
2. 国家重点研发计划课题，2017YFD**，棉花化肥高效使用关键技术研究与示范，2017.07-2020.12，780万元。
3. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，**，花铃期增温与土壤干旱耦合影响棉纤维发育及纤维品质形成的生理生态机制研究，2016/01-2019/12，78万元。
4. 国家现代农业产业技术体系，国家棉花产业技术体系科学家岗位，2016.01-2020.12，323.75万元。
近五年（2016-2020）代表性论文：
1. Min Gao, John L. Snider, Hua Bai, Wei Hu, Rui Wang, Yali Meng, ouhua Wang, Binglin Chen, Zhiguo Zhou. Drought effects on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fibre quality and fibre sucrose metabolism during the flowering and bollformation period. Journal of Agronomy And Crop Science. 2020, 206:309-321.
2. Hu Wei, Yuting Cao, Dimitra A. Loka, Karen R. Harris-Shultz, Russel J. Reiter, Saif Ali, Yu Liu, and Zhiguo Zhou. Exogenous Melatonin Improves Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Pollen Fertility under Drought by Regulating Carbohydrate Metabolism in Male Tissues. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 2020, 151: 579-588.
3. Hu Wei, Yanjun Huang, Hua Bai, Yu Liu, Shanshan Wang, Zhiguo Zhou. Influence of Drought Stress on Pistil Physiology and Reproductive Success of Two Gossypium Hirsutum Cultivars Differing in Drought Tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum. 2020, 168 (4): 909-20.
4. Hu Wei, Yanjun Huang, Dimitra A. Loka, Hua Bai, Yu Liu, Shanshan Wang, Zhiguo Zhou. Drought-Induced Disturbance of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Anthers and Male Abortion of Two Gossypium Hirsutum Cultivars Differing in Drought Tolerance. Plant Cell Reports. 2020. 39 (2): 195-206.
5. Nan Jiang, Li Zha, Wei Hu, Changqin Yang, Yali Meng, Binglin Chen, Zhiguo Zhou，Trade-Offs Between Residue Incorporation and K Fertilizer On Seed Cotton Yield and Yield-Scaled Nitrous Oxide Emissions, Field Crops Research, 2019, 244:107630.
6. Wei Hu, Yu Liu, Dimitra A. Loka, Rizwan Zahoor, Shanshan Wang, Zhiguo Zhou, Drought Limits Pollen Tube Growth Rate by Altering Carbohydrate Metabolism in Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) Pistils, Plant Science, 2019, 86:108-117.
7. Haimiao Wang, Yinglong Chen, Wei Hu, John L. Snider, Zhiguo Zhou, Short-Term Soil-Waterlogging Contributes to Cotton Cross Tolerance to Chronic Elevated Temperature by Regulating ROS Metabolism in the Subtending Leaf, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019, 139:333-341.
8. Sheng Fang, Kai Gao, Wei Hu, Shanshan Wang, Binglin Chen, Zhiguo Zhou， Foliar and Seed Application of Plant Growth Regulators Affects Cotton Yield by Altering Leaf Physiology and Floral Bud Carbohydrate Accumulation, Field Crops Research, 2019, 231:105-114.
9. Wenqing Zhao, Rui Wang, Wei Hu, Zhiguo Zhou. Spatial Difference of Drought Effect On Photosynthesis of Leaf Subtending to Cotton Boll and its Relationship with Boll Biomass, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2018, 205(3):263-273.
10. Sheng Fang, Kai Gao, Wei Hu, John L. Snider, Shanshan Wang, Binglin Chen, Zhiguo Zhou. Chemical priming of seed alters cotton floral bud differentiation by inducing changes in hormones, metabolites and gene expression. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018, 130:633-640.
11. Haimiao Wang, Yinglong Chen, Bingjie Xu, Wei Hu, John L. Snider, Yali Meng, Binglin Chen, Youhua Wang, Wenqing Zhao, Shanshan Wang, Zhiguo Zhou. Long-term exposure to slightly elevated air temperature alleviates the negative impacts of short term waterlogging stress by altering nitrogen metabolism in cotton leaves. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018, 123: 242-251.
12. Wei Hu, Zhen Dai, Jiashuo Yang, John L. Snider, Shanshan Wang, Binglin Chen, Zhiguo Zhou. The variability of cottonseed yield under different potassium levels is associated with the changed oil metabolism in embryo. Field Crops Research, 2018, 224: 80-90.
13. Yinglong Chen, Haimiao Wang, Wei Hu, Shanshan Wang, John L. Snider, Zhiguo Zhou. Co-occurring elevated temperature and waterlogging stresses disrupt cellulose synthesis by altering the expression and activity of carbohydrate balance-associated enzymes during fiber development in cotton. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2017, 135: 106-117.
14. Wei Hu, Zhen Dai, Jiashuo Yang, John L. Snider, Shanshan Wang, Yali Meng, Youhua Wang, Binglin Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Zhiguo Zhou. Cultivar sensitivity of cotton seed yield to potassium availability is associated with differences in carbohydrate metabolism in the developing embryo. Field Crops Research, 2017, 214: 301-309.
15. Rizwan Zahoor, Haoran Dong, Muhammad Abid, Wenqing Zhao, Youhua Wang, Zhiguo Zhou. Potassium fertilizer improves drought stress alleviation potential in cotton by enhancing photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2017, 137: 73-83.
16. Wei Hu, Yina Ma, Fengjuan Lv, Jingran Liu, Wenqing Zhao, Binglin Chen, Yali Meng, Youhua Wang, Zhiguo Zhou. Effects of late planting and shading on sucrose metabolism in cotton fiber. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2016, 131: 164-172.
17. Wei Hu, Xiaobing Lv, Jiashuo Yang, Binglin Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Yali Meng, Youhua Wang, Zhiguo Zhou, Derrick M. Oosterhuis. Effects of potassium deficiency on the senescence and antioxidant mechanism in cotton. Field Crops Research, 2016, 191: 139-149.
18. Wei Hu, Wenqing Zhao, Jiashuo Yang, Zhiguo Zhou, Dimitra.A. Loka, Derrick M. Oosterhuis. Relation between potassium fertilization and nitrogen metabolism in cotton leaves. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2016, 101:113-123.
19. Wei Hu, Nan Jiang, Jiashuo Yang, Yali Meng, Youhua Wang, Binglin Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Derrick M. Oosterhuis, Zhiguo Zhou. Potassium (K) supply affects K accumulation and photosynthetic physiology in two cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars with different K sensitivities. Field Crops Research, 2016, 196: 51-63.
20. Chaoran Yu, Xiaojun Wang, Bo Hu, Changqin Yang, Ning Sui, Ruixian Liu, Yali Meng, Zhiguo Zhou. Effects of wheat straw incorporation in cotton-wheat double croppingsystem on nutrient status and growth in cotton. Field Crops Research, 2016, 197: 39-51.