近日，草地农业科技学院张金林教授应邀自2019年2月起担任学术期刊《Plant and Soil》杂志编委兼顾问编辑(Consulting Editor)。张金林于2019年7月8日赴加拿大萨斯卡通参加第五届国际植物根际大会(The 5th International Conference on Rhizosphere)期间，参加了期刊主编Hans Lambers教授召集的编委会会议(the Editorial Board Meeting)。

学术期刊《Plant and Soil》简介：Plant and Soil publishes original papers and review articles exploring the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and that enhance our mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions. This includes both fundamental and applied aspects of mineral nutrition, plant-water relations, symbiotic and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions, root anatomy and morphology, soil biology, ecology, agrochemistry and agrophysics. Articles discussing a major molecular or mathematical component also fall within the scope of the journal. All contributions appear in the English language. The current impact factor of Plant and Soil is 3.259. Plant and Soil is published under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Society of Agricultural Science. For more information, please visit: https://link.springer.com/journal/11104