The Academic Symposium on “Soil Biodiversity and Biochemical Pro-cesses” was held in Hefei

During the period June 20–23, 2021, the academic symposium on “Soil Biodiversity and Biochemical Processes” was successfully held in Hefei, Anhui, China. The symposium was hosted by the Professional Committee on Soil Biology and Biochemistry, SSSC. The College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, and the State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, the Institute of Soil Science, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized this symposium.

 

More than 600 professors, scholars, and graduate students across the country attended the symposium. The symposium provided more than 80 oral presentations and 78 poster presentations. A “Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics Training” program was also held after the symposium.

 

 

With the aim of responding to frontier issues related to soil biodiversity and biochemical processes, this symposium created a broad platform for academic exchange, and greatly promoted the development of this research field in China.