1. Release of transgenic bacterial inoculants - rhizobia as a case study

   • Penny R. Hirsch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Bacterial communities associated with the rhizosphere of transgenic Bt 176 maize (Zea mays) and its non transgenic counterpart

   • L. Brusetti
   • P. Francia
   • D. Daffonchio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 21

3. Effects of transgenic potatoes with an altered starch composition on the diversity of soil and rhizosphere bacteria and fungi

   • Annett Milling
   • Kornelia Smalla
   • Jean Charles Munch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 39

4. Persistence and impact on microorganisms of Bacillus thuringiensis proteins in some Zimbabwean soils

   • P. Muchaonyerwa
   • S. Waladde
   • G. G. Ristori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

5. Microbial communities of Solanum tuberosum and magainin-producing transgenic lines

   • M. O’Callaghan
   • E. M. Gerard
   • A. J. Conner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 56

6. Risk assessment for engineered bacteria used in biocontrol of fungal disease in agricultural crops

   • Tracey M. Timms-Wilson
   • Kerry Kilshaw
   • Mark J. Bailey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 67

7. Development of a model system to assess the impact of genetically modified corn and aubergine plants on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

   • Alessandra Turrini
   • Cristiana Sbrana
   • Manuela Giovannetti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 75

8. Persistence and biological activity in soil of the insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, especially from transgenic plants

   • G. Stotzky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 89

9. Microbial horizontal gene transfer and the DNA release from transgenic crop plants

   • Johann de Vries
   • Wilfried Wackernagel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 104

10. Activity of microorganisms in the rhizosphere of herbicide treated and untreated transgenic glufosinate-tolerant and wildtype oilseed rape grown in containment

    • Angela Sessitsch
    • Stephen Gyamfi
    • Ellen Kandeler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 116

11. Nitrogen-sodium concentrated complex fertilisers (CCF’s)versus nitrogen-sodium blends: Effects on ammonium and nitrate uptake by perennial ryegrass plants replete with potassium

    • T. Kirkpatrick
    • J. S. Bailey
    • E. Chisholm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 128

12. Relationships between plant and soil water status in vine (Vitis vinifera L.)

    • A. Pellegrino
    • E. Lebon
    • J. Wery

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 142

13. Nitrate reductase and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in solution culture

    • John M. Cheeseman
    • Stephanie K. Tankou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 152

14. Short term effects of radiata pine and selected pasture species on soil organic phosphorus mineralisation

    • John T. Scott
    • Leo M. Condron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 163

15. PGPR mediates induction of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins against the infection of blast pathogen in resistant and susceptible ragi [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertner] cultivars

    • R. Radjacommare
    • A. Ramanathan
    • R. Samiyappan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 176

16. Rhizotoxicity of aluminate and polycationic aluminium at high pH

    • P. M. Kopittke
    • N. W. Menzies
    • F. P. C. Blamey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 186

17. Nutrient status of vegetation grown in alkaline bauxite processing residue amended with gypsum and thermally dried sewage sludge - A two year field study

    • R. G. Courtney
    • J. P. Timpson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 194

18. Temporary flooding increases iron phytoavailability in calcareous Vertisols and Inceptisols

    • M. Velázquez
    • M. C. del Campillo
    • J. Torrent

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 203

19. Root-based N₂-fixing symbioses: Legumes, actinorhizal plants, Parasponia sp. and cycads

    • J. Kevin Vessey
    • Katharina Pawlowski
    • Birgitta Bergman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 230

20. Gaseous nitrogen losses and ammonia volatilization measurement following land application of cattle slurry in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA

    • R. B. Thompson
    • J. J. Meisinger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 246

21. Impact of Douglas-fir and Scots pine seedlings on plagioclase weathering under acidic conditions

    • M. R. Bakker
    • E. George
    • B. Zeller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 259

22. Screening for plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in Chamaecytisus proliferus (tagasaste), a forage tree-shrub legume endemic to the Canary Islands

    • Javier Donate-Correa
    • Milagros León-Barrios
    • Ricardo Pérez-Galdona

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 272

23. Biomass production, symbiotic nitrogen fixation and inorganic N use in dual and tri-component annual intercrops

    • Mette Klindt Andersen
    • Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
    • Erik Steen Jensen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 287

24. Plant and microbial nitrogen use and turnover: Rapid conversion of nitrate to ammonium in soil with roots

    • M. Burger
    • L. E. Jackson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 301

25. Decomposition of macrophytes and dynamics of enzyme activities in subalpine marshes in Lake Tahoe basin, U.S.A.

    • Jae Geun Kim
    • Eliška Rejmánková

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 313

26. Comparative study of soil properties under Chromolaena odorata, Pueraria phaseoloides and Calliandra calothyrsus

    • L. -S. Koutika
    • S. Hauser
    • B. Yerima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 323

27. Soil micro-habitat effects on fine roots of Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.: A field experiment using root ingrowth cores

    • Reiji Fujimaki
    • Terence P. McGonigle
    • Hiroshi Takeda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 332

28. Potential of Crotalaria species as green manure crops for the management of pathogenic nematodes and beneficial mycorrhizal fungi

    • Gaetano Germani
    • Christian Plenchette

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 342

29. Control of nutrient solutions for studies at high pH

    • Peter M. Kopittke
    • Neal W. Menzies

    OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 354

30. Turf culture under declining volume and frequency of irrigation on a sandy soil amended with fly ash

    • S. M. Pathan
    • L. A. G. Aylmore
    • T. D. Colmer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 369