Jingying Jing

Abstract Increasing agricultural yields through crop diversification may help achieve food and nutrition security. However, the benefits of a transition from monoculture to crop rotation may be reduced if trade-offs exist between yields, dietary energy, nutrients, and revenue.

1 INTRODUCTION It has become evident that soil microorganisms exert substantial effects on plant abundance, community succession, exotics invasion and plant community diversity (Crawford et al., 2019; Hendriks et al., 2015; Van der Putten et al., 2007, 2013). Plant-induced changes in soil biota often have an impact on subsequent plants, a process known as plant–soil feedback (Bever, 2003; Van der Putten et al., 2013).