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. We focus on the interface of plant biology and soil sciences and seek those manuscripts with a strong mechanistic component that develop and test hypotheses aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms of plant-soil interactions. In addition, we consider manuscripts that deal with plant nutrition, agronomy, or ecology that shift our fundamental understanding of plant production systems. These manuscripts must be of outstanding quality. Simple fertiliser trials, which are valuable in plant nutrition and ecological research in their own right, will still not be considered. Manuscripts are expected to be based on studies that are hypothesis-driven. Articles including a major molecular or modelling component also fall within the scope of the journal. 
Plant and Soil does not consider for publication any research on tobacco crops and/or research funded by the tobacco industry; research studies using tobacco as a model species or for pharming are welcome
All contributions appear in the English language, with consistent spelling, using either American or British English.  

Plant and Soil provides rapid publication of full-length papers describing the results of original research. Articles accepted for publication in Plant and Soil report novel findings of general significance. Reviews, mini-reviews, opinion papers, and commentaries are usually solicited by members of the Editorial Board. However, individuals who wish to prepare a review or a mini-review are encouraged to contact the Editor-in-Chief (hans.lambers@uwa.edu.au) before submitting a manuscript.
Plant and Soil also publish Special Issues containing a collection of articles on a theme considered by the editors to be of general interest to our readers. These Special Issues may consist of a selection of presentations from a scientific meeting or a collection of papers organised by an individual or group. In all cases, manuscripts submitted for publication as part of a Special Issue will be subject to the same rigorous peer-review process required of regular submissions. Individuals or groups wishing to organise a Special Issue of Plant and Soil should contact the Managing Editor, Lieve Bultynck (plso-plants@uwa.edu.au) to discuss the feasibility of the project.

Editor-in-Chief:
Hans Lambers
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Managing Editors:
Lieve Bultynck
The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Marschner Review Editors:
I. Cakmak, Istanbul, Turkey
A. Stokes, Montpellier, France
Methods Paper Editor:
P.J. Gregory, Reading, UK
Section Editors:
F. Albornoz, Crawley (Perth), Australia; S. Arndt, Victoria, Australia; E. Baggs, Aberdeen,UK; M. G. Bakker, Peoria, IL, USA; J. Barcelo, Barcelona, Spain; N.J. Barrow, Mount Claremont, Australia; L.E. de-Bashan, La Paz, Mexico; P. Bodelier, Wageningen, The Netherlands; A.C. Borstlap, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Y. Carrillo, Sydney, Australia; M.A. Bowker, Flagstaff, AZ, USA; L. Bragazza, Nyon, Switzerland; Z. Cai, Nanjing, China; T. Cavagnaro, Adelaide, Australia; P. Christie,Belfast, UK; S. Compant, Tulln, Austria; M. Delgado Baquerizo, Richmond, Australia; F. Dijkstra, Sydney, Australia; I. Dodd, Lancaster, UK; A. Erktan, Göttingen, Germany; A. Escudero, Salamanca, Spain; T. Ezawa, Sapporo, Japan; T. J. Fahey, Ithaca, NY, USA; W. Fricke, Dublin, Ireland; T. George, Dundee, U.K.; UK; H. He, Yangling, China; X. He, Chongqing, China; L. Huang, Brisbane, Australia; E.K. James, Dundee, U.K.; S. Jeffery, Newport, UK; E.J. Joner, Aas, Norway; K. Keiblinger, Vienna, Austria; T.W. Kuyper, Wageningen, The Netherlands; D. Lesueur, Hanoi, Vietnam; E. Lombi, Glen Osmond, Australia; Y. Liang, Hangzhou, China; J. F. Ma, Kurashiki, Japan; Z. Mao, Montpellier, France; S. Marhan, Stuttgart, Germany; U. Mathesius, Canberra, Australia; M. L. McCormack, Lisle, IL, USA; B. Mitter, Tulln an der Donau , Austria; M. Nikolić, Belgrade, Serbia; E. Paterson, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; K. Pawlowski, Stockholm, Sweden; A. M. Pirttila, Oulu, Finland; K. Png, Manchester, UK; J.R. Powell, Penrith, Australia; B. Rewald, Vienna, Austria; T. Rose, Lismore, Australia; A. Schnepf, Jülich, Germany; S. Schwinning, Tuscon, AZ, SA; L. Silva, Davis, USA; R. Silva Oliveira, Campinas, SP, Brazil; R. Simpson, Canberra, Australia; S. Spaepen, Leuven, Belgium; G. Striker, Buenos Aires, Argentina; F. Teste, San Luis, Argentina; A. van der Ent, Brisbane, Australia; E. Visser, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; J. Walck, Murfreesboro, TN, USA; A. Wasson, Canberra, Australia; M. Weih, Uppsala, Sweden; W. R. Whalley, Harpenden, UK; P.J. White,Dundee, UK; M. Wissuwa, Tsukuba, Japan; F.J. Zhao, Herfordshire, UK; J. Zwiazek, Edmonton, Canada.
Consulting Editors:
E. Ait Barka,Reims, France; M. Almagro, Murcia, Spain ; R. Aroca, Granada, Spain; M. Bakker, Villenave d'Ornon, France; C. Di Bene, Rome, Italy; G. Bergkvist,Uppsala, Sweden; B. Bond-Lamberty, College Park, USA; A. Campisano, San Michele all'Adige, Italy; P. Capek, Richmond, WA, USA; P-L. Chagnon, Sherbrooke, Canada; J.M. Cheeseman, Urbana, IL, USA; C. Chen, Nathan, Australia; D. Coskun, Quebec, QC, Canada; M. Cramer, Rondebosch, South Africa; A. Cross, Perth, Australia; T. Darch, Okehampton, UK; A. Denham, Hurstville, Australia; M.D. Denton, Adelaide, Australia; R.E. Drenovsky, University Heights, OH, USA; J. Duran, Coimbra, Portugal; A. Edwards, Aberdeen, UK; D.J. Eldridge, Sydney, Australia; J.E. Fernandez, Sevilla, Spain; M.P. Faucon, Beauvais, France; P. García-Palacios, Madrid, Spain; J. Germida, Saskatoon, Canada; K. J. van Groenigen, Flagstaff, AZ, USA; C. Guppy, Armidale, Australia; P. E. Hayes, Perth, Australia; I. Hartley, Exeter, UK; E. Hoffland, Wageningen, The Netherlands; N.S. Harris, Alberta, Canada; C. Huang, Adelaide, Australia; R.G. Joergensen, Witzenhausen, Germany; E. Inselsbacher,Umea, Sweden; J. Jansa, Prague, Czech Republic; C. Keller, Aix-en-Provence, France; G. Kudoyarova, Ufa, Russia; A. Kulmatiski, Logan, UT, USA; H. J. Kronzucker, Melbourne, Australia; B. B. Landa, Cordoba, Spain; L. S. Lannes, São Paulo, Brazil; S.K. Lam, Melbourne, Australia; L. Li, Beijing, China; J. López-Bucio, Morelia, Mexico; X. Lu, Shenyang, China; I. Lubbers, Wageningen, The Netherlands; F.T. Maestre, Madrid, Spain; S. Manzoni, Stockholm, Sweden; V. Melino, Adelaide, Australia; T. McLaren, Lindau, Switzerland; J. Mercado Blanco, Cordoba, Spain; G. North, Los Angeles, CA, USA; E. Oburger, Vienna, Austria; M. Teles Oliviera, Vila Real, Portugal; F.M. Padilla, Almería, Spain; J.A. Palta, Perth, Australia; J. Postma, Jülich, Germany; M. Potthoff, Göttingen, Germany; J. Powers, St Paul, MN, USA; C.E. Prescott, Vancouver, Canada; M. Puschenreiter, Vienna, Austria; J. I. Querejeta, Murcia, Spain; J. Raven, Dundee, UK; R.J. Reid,Adelaide, Australia; M. Renton, Perth, Australia; I.T. Riley, Adelaide, Australia; K. Rousk, Copenhagen, Denmark; G. Rubio, Buenos Aires, Argentina; J. van Ruijven, Wageningen, The Netherlands; L. Sanita' di Toppi, Pisa, Italy; G. Santa Maria, Buenos Aires, Argentina; J. Sardans, Barcelona, Spain ; S. Shabala, Hobart, Australia ; L. Shaw, Reading, Berkshire, UK; S. Sistla, Irvine, USA; J.-A. Subke, Stirling, UK; L. Suriyagoda, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; C. Tang, Melbourne, Australia; R. Tognetti,Campobasso, Italy; B. Vazquez-de-Aldana, Salamanca, Spain; S. Veresoglou, Berlin, Germany; D. Vetterlein, Halle, Germany; R. Viani, São Paulo, Brasil; J. Wasaki, Hiroshima, Japan; P. Wang, St Lucia, Australia; J. Weidenhamer, Ashland, OH, USA ; L. Weston, Wagga Wagga, Australia; W. Wilcke, Karlsruhe, Germany; G.L. Wu, Yangling, China; J.B. Yavitt, Ithaca, USA; J. Zhang, Yunnan, China; J.L. Zhang, Lanzhou, China; D. Zhou, Nanjing, China.