Professor Tony O'Donnell, the dean from college of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, visited the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), Chinese Academy of Sciences and conducted academic exchanges with the relevant research staffs of ISA during his visit.

Professor Tony O'Donnell has been engaging in interaction and functional change research of soil microbe and soil non-living components. During his visit, Tony O'Donnell made an academic presentation, comprehensively introduced the effect of long-term fertilization on crop yield and soil microbes, and the recent progress in recirculation utilization of agricultural resources. Both sides also discussed the interested areas, and the possibility of further cooperation and joint training of graduate students.