Abstract
Plants and soil are the base for sustainably surviving human beings on the globe as the role of materials, energy, resources and environment (Shao & Chu 2008; Shao et al. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012a,b; Liu & Shao, 2010; Ruan et al. 2010; Xu et al. 2010, 2012; Shao 2012; Huang et al. 2013). This topic has been extensively investigated for 100 years with more achievements in many sectors and practical significance in conducting high-efficient agriculture and eco-environmental construction. The plant–soil interaction is the core issue of this topic, which has been given much attention for the past 30 years (Wu et al. 2007, 2010; Zhang et al. 2011, 2013; Xu et al. 2012, 2013).
Acknowledgements
The work has been jointly supported by National Major Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB430403), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41171216), One Hundred–Talent Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams, the Science & Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (No. 2010GSF10208), the Science & Technology Development Plan of Yantai City (No. 2011016), Yantai Double–hundred High–end Talent Plan (XY–003–02) and 135 Development Plan of YIC–CAS.