1. Preface

   • Silvio Gianinazzi
   • Hannes Schuepp

   EditorialNotes Pages: 169 - 169

2. Biological control as a key component in sustainable agriculture

   • J M Barea
   • C. Calvet
   • A. Camprubi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 172

3. Effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) on health ofLinum usitatissimum L. infected by fungal pathogens

   • G. D. Dugassa
   • H. von Alten
   • F. Schönbeck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 182

4. Interactions between migratory endoparasitic nematodes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in perennial crops: A review

   • J. Pinochet
   • C. Calvet
   • C. Fernández

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 190

5. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal-induced alteration to root architecture in strawberry and induced resistance to the root pathogenPhytophthora fragariae

   • J. R. Norman
   • D. Atkinson
   • J. E. Hooker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 198

6. Interactions between the soilborne root pathogenPhytophthora nicotianae var.parasitica and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusGlomus mosseae in tomato plants

   • A. Trotta
   • G. C. Varese
   • G. Berta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 209

7. Plant hydrolytic enzymes (chitinases and β-1,3-glucanases) in root reactions to pathogenic and symbiotic microorganisms

   • E. Dumas-Gaudot
   • S. Slezack
   • S. Gianinazzi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 221

8. Colonisation patterns of root tissues byPhytophthora nicotianae var.parasitica related to reduced disease in mycorrhizal tomato

   • C. Cordier
   • S. Gianinazzi
   • V. Gianinazzi-Pearson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 232

9. Genotype-dependence in the interaction betweenGlomus fistulosum, Phytophthora fragariae and the wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

   • G. L. Mark
   • A. C. Cassells

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 239

10. Occurrence of phytoalexins and phenolic compounds in endomycorrhizal interactions, and their potential role in biological control

    • D. Morandi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 251

11. Root sampling methods - applications and limitations of the minirhizotron technique

    • Hooshang Majdi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 258

12. Recording, processing and analysis of grass root images from a rhizotron

    • Olof Andrén
    • Helena Elmquist
    • Ann-Charlotte Hansson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 264

13. Root dynamics in a salt marsh over three consecutive years

    • W. Steinke
    • D. J. von Willert
    • F. A. Austenfeld

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 269

14. Root growth dynamics of Brussels sprouts (Brassica olearacea var.gemmifera) and leeks (Allium porrum L.) as reflected by root length, root colour and UV fluorescence

    • A. L. Smit
    • Alessandra Zuin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 280

15. Fine root demography in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

    • Gregory D. Goins
    • Michael P. Russelle

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 291

16. Applications of minirhizotrons to understand root function in forests and other natural ecosystems

    • Ronald L. Hendrick
    • Kurt S. Pregitzer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 304

17. Does liquid fertilization affect fine root dynamics and lifespan of mycorrhizal short roots?

    • Hooshang Majdi
    • Jan-Erik Nylund

    OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 309