Special issue on “Rhizobiont for high nutrient use efficiency” in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE).
Brief introduction on the special issue:
Improving nutrient use efficiency in agriculture is a major issue in food security and green development, which is necessary to systematically develop the biological potential of soil-crop-microbe systems. The team of Prof. Fusuo Zhang in China Agricultural University proposes a new concept of “Rhizobiont” and the corresponding working strategies to address this key issue. Aiming at the major scientific questions of rhizosphere interaction and nutrient efficiency, the core thinking of this concept is to develop a systemic theory of the “Rhizobiont” consortium. This is an integrated system consisting of plants, roots, rhizosphere, hypersphere, and their associated microbes, and then to decipher the underlying mechanisms of plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions that drive high nutrient use efficiency. Rhizobiont will help to coordinate food security, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability to implement agriculture green development. The objectives of this special issue are to summarize the latest progress on:
1.Rhizobiont key interface interaction for high nutrient use efficiency
2.The mechanism of Rhizobiont system to improve nutrient use efficiency
3.The biological management for improving nutrient use efficiency
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE) collects innovative papers that advance the understanding of scientific, technological/engineering, socio-economic, institutional/policy, and management factors that drive current and future agricultural productivity and sustainability globally. It is an open-access journal published quarterly with no page charges. The Editor-in-Chief of FASE is Academician Prof. Fusuo Zhang, based at China Agricultural University. The associate Editors-in-Chief comprise Hans Lambers from the University of Western Australia, Shenggen Fan and Yaofeng Zhao from China Agricultural University, Oene Oenema from Wageningen University, William J. Davies from Lancaster University and Peter Vitousek from Stanford University. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts of international standing.
In view of your international standing as a research scientist, we cordially invite you to write a review or research paper for this special issue related to one of the topics listed above with a due day of 15 November 2023. We look forward to receiving a positive response and a one-page abstract from you before you start to draft the article (please send your abstract to fase@cau.edu.cn). Please submit your manuscripts through the FASE online submission system (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fase) and marked the “Special Issue: Rhizobiont for high nutrient use efficiency” in your letter or manuscript. The editors will strive to complete the first review process within 1–2 weeks and give you a quick response.
Information for manuscript preparation, please refer to the guidelines for authors (https://journal.hep.com.cn/fase/EN/column/column215.shtml).
Guest Editors:
Lixing Yuan, Ph.D.
Professor, China Agricultural University
yuanlixing@cau.edu.cn
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Lin Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, China Agricultural University
linzhang@cau.edu.cn
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China