Integration into plant biology and soil science has provided insights into the total environment

Abstract

The total environment includes 5 closely-linking circles, in which biosphere and lithosphere are the active core. As global population increases and urbanization process accelerates, arable land is gradually decreasing under global climate change and the pressure of various types of environmental pollution. This case is especially for China. Land is the most important resources for human beings' survival. How to increase and manage arable land is the key for sustainable agriculture development. China has extensive marshy land that can be reclamated for the better potential land resources under the pre-condition of protecting the environment, which will be a good way for enlarging globally and managing arable land. Related studies have been conducted in China for the past 30 years and now many results with obvious practical efficiency have been obtained. For summarizing these results, salt-soil will be the main target and related contents such as nutrient transport, use types, biodiversity and interactions with plants from molecular biology to ecology will be covered, in which the interactions among biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and anthroposphere will be focused on.

Light factor dynamics respond to plant ecological re-vegetation process in large-scale mining areas

“…In addition to seedlings height, the biological factors affecting the survival of elm seedling were the thoracic height of the same tree and the number of individuals of the same tree.The biological factors influencing the seedlings survival of Robinia pseudoacacia were the number of individuals with different species and the number of individuals with different species. The main factor affecting the survival of young trees was the height of young trees, and showed a significant positive correlation (Svenning et al, 2008;Shibata et al, 2010;Mao, et al, 2014;Shao et al, 2017;Hamayun et al, 2019).…”

“…Whether the artificial plant community constructed by the selforganization principle of plant communities can be self-renewed in the process of vegetation succession is directly related to whether there is a dynamic and balanced relationship between revegetation and local environmental conditions (Lenton et al, 2003;Das et al, 2008;Lin et al, 2012;Long et al, 2014). During vegetation restoration, the transition from seedlings to saplings is the bottleneck stage of tree planting and revegetation construction, which is considered as the most vulnerable stage for individual growth and the most sensitive stage to environmental changes (Martens et al, 2004;Queenborough et al, 2007;Svenning et al, 2008;Madejon et al, 2009;Mao et al, 2017;Shao et al, 2017). Therefore, exploring the ecological characteristics and impacting factors such as light factor for regenerated seedlings and saplings at different stages of artificially restored plant communities facilitates the understanding for the new approaches of species synchronization in the process of vegetation restoration to reveal the root cause affecting the dynamics of artificial re-vegetation communities, which is of great significance for the reasonable evaluation of the adaptability of artificial re-vegetation (Volkov et al, 2005;Lin et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2014).…”

Molecular cloning and functional analyses of the salt‐ responsive gene KVHSP70 from Kosteletzkya virginica

“…Similarly, many parts of China are facing the threat of land degradation (Wang, Pan, & Gerlein‐Safdi, ). Salinization is among the main driving factors resulting in soil degradation (Shao, Lu, Xu, & Brestic, ). Plants under salinization conditions may be characterized by osmotic stress, ion toxicity, oxidative stress, and protein degradation (Munns & Tester, ; Tang, Mu, Shao, Wang, & Brestic, ).…”

Towards sustainable agriculture for the salt‐affected soil

“…As population increases and urbanization accelerates in most countries, arable land is gradually decreasing. This case is especial for China (Shao, Cui, & Bai, 2012;Shao, Chen, & Marian, 2015;Shao, Lu, Xu, & Brestic, 2017). Modern agriculture is facing a serious challenge beyond the coming decades.…”