title: 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 30years 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agro-biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China. Electronic address: shaohongbochu@126.com.
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agro-biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agro-biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, A. Hlinku 2, Nitra, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Brestic
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marian
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010944:Plants; D012987:Soil; D014507:Urbanization
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: Improvement and efficient utilization; Molecular biology; Plant biology; Plant-centered measures; Salt-soil