Plant-Soil-Microbe Interactions in Natural Soils - Series II
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 1265
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bacterial community; soil science; plant resistance; signaling molecules
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant–soil–microbe interactions drive the biogeochemical process in the terrestrial ecosystem. In this system, plants release nutrients into the soil in the form of residue decomposition and root exudates, which improves the soil environment and supplies substrates to soil microorganisms, and microorganisms transform organic nutrients into inorganic nutrients for plant absorption and utilization. The synergistic relationship between plants, soil, and microorganisms is the internal driving force of maintaining ecosystem structure and functions, such as nutrient cycling, biodiversity conservation, and food provision. Plant–soil–microbe interactions have become a hot spot in soil ecology, plant science, and environment research. We especially encourage authors to conduct a profound investigation on the interactions of plant–soil–microbe in natural soils, such as grassland, shrub, forest, swamp, desert, and so on, and reveal the underlying mechanism between aboveground structure and belowground functions, such as the diversity–function relationship, nutrient–microbes associations, and rhizosphere dynamics.
Dr. Chao Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant community
- soil ecology
- microbial community
- diversity
- functions
- nutrient cycling
- community structure
