1. Soil-plant interactions and sustainability of eco-agriculture in arid region: a crucially important topic to address

   • Yongchao Liang
   • Yong-Guan Zhu
   • Hans Lambers

   Editorial 10 November 2009 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Plant performance in stressful environments: interpreting new and established knowledge of the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizas

   • Sally E. Smith
   • Evelina Facelli
   • F. Andrew Smith

   Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 3 - 20

   

3. C: N: P stoichiometry and specific growth rate of clover colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

   • M. M. Chen
   • H. B. Yin
   • Y. G. Zhu

   Regular Article 14 April 2009 Pages: 21 - 29

   

4. Soil biological activity and their seasonal variations in response to long-term application of organic and inorganic fertilizers

   • Gaofei Ge
   • Zhaojun Li
   • Yongchao Liang

   Regular Article 09 October 2009 Pages: 31 - 44

5. Mechanisms of sodium uptake by roots of higher plants

   • Jin-Lin Zhang
   • Timothy J. Flowers
   • Suo-Min Wang

   Regular Article 02 July 2009 Pages: 45 - 60

   

6. Effects of salinity and nitrogen on cotton growth in arid environment

   • Weiping Chen
   • Zhenan Hou
   • Changzhou Wei

   Regular Article Open access 21 January 2009 Pages: 61 - 73

   

7. Changes in water relations for Acacia ancistrocarpa on natural and mine-rehabilitation sites in response to an experimental wetting pulse in the Great Sandy Desert

   • Alasdair M. Grigg
   • Hans Lambers
   • Erik J. Veneklaas

   Regular Article 02 April 2009 Pages: 75 - 96

   

8. Effect of tillage system on the root growth of spring wheat

   • Verónica Muñoz-Romero
   • Jorge Benítez-Vega
   • Luis López-Bellido

   Regular Article 08 April 2009 Pages: 97 - 107

   

9. Flavodoxin overexpression reduces cadmium-induced damage in alfalfa root nodules

   • Alla Shvaleva
   • Teodoro Coba de la Peña
   • José J. Pueyo

   Regular Article 08 April 2009 Pages: 109 - 121

   

10. Changes in belowground carbon in Acacia crassicarpa and Eucalyptus urophylla plantations after tree girdling

    • Dima Chen
    • Yang Zhang
    • Shenglei Fu

    Regular Article 25 April 2009 Pages: 123 - 135

    

11. Residual effect of organic carbon as a tool for mitigating nitrogen oxides emissions in semi-arid climate

    • Laura Sanchez-Martin
    • Jan Dick
    • Ute M Skiba

    Regular Article 08 April 2009 Pages: 137 - 145

    

12. Plant species from mesotrophic wetlands cause relatively high methane emissions from peat soil

    • Albert Koelbener
    • Lena Ström
    • Harry Olde Venterink

    Regular Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 147 - 158

    

13. Wheat, canola and grain legume access to soil phosphorus fractions differs in soils with contrasting phosphorus dynamics

    • Terry J. Rose
    • Bingah Hardiputra
    • Zed Rengel

    Regular Article 16 April 2009 Pages: 159 - 170

    

14. Synthesis of phytochelatins in vetiver grass upon lead exposure in the presence of phosphorus

    • Syam S. Andra
    • Rupali Datta
    • Stephan B. H. Bach

    Regular Article 28 April 2009 Pages: 171 - 185

    

15. Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing pyruvate phosphate dikinase increase exudation of organic acids and decrease accumulation of aluminum in the roots

    • L. I. Trejo-Téllez
    • R. Stenzel
    • J. M. Schmitt

    Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 187 - 198

    

16. Tree mixture effects on aboveground nutrient pools of trees in an experimental plantation in Panama

    • Yvonne Oelmann
    • Catherine Potvin
    • Wolfgang Wilcke

    Regular Article 06 June 2009 Pages: 199 - 212

    

17. The role of cotyledon metabolism in the establishment of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) seedlings growing under salinity

    • Ana María C. Ruffino
    • Mariana Rosa
    • Fernando E. Prado

    Regular Article 16 May 2009 Pages: 213 - 224

    

18. Mangrove reforestation in Vietnam: the effect of sediment physicochemical properties on nutrient cycling

    • J. F. Oxmann
    • Q. H. Pham
    • R. J. Lara

    Regular Article Open access 19 May 2009 Pages: 225 - 241

    

19. Simulation of sugarcane residue decomposition and aboveground growth

    • M. V. Galdos
    • C. C. Cerri
    • R. Van Antwerpen

    Regular Article 06 May 2009 Pages: 243 - 259

    

20. DART: a software to analyse root system architecture and development from captured images

    • Jacques Le Bot
    • Valérie Serra
    • Loïc Pagès

    Regular Article 15 May 2009 Pages: 261 - 273

    

21. Assessment of the agronomic value of QTL on chromosomes 2H and 4H linked to tolerance to boron toxicity in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    • G. K. McDonald
    • J. K. Eglinton
    • A. R. Barr

    Regular Article 05 May 2009 Pages: 275 - 290

    

22. Responses of two rice cultivars differing in seedling-stage nitrogen use efficiency to growth under low-nitrogen conditions

    • Wei Ming Shi
    • Wei Feng Xu
    • Gang Qiang Dong

    Regular Article 07 May 2009 Pages: 291 - 302

    

23. Root-tip diameters of woody species in subalpine Abies forest

    • Shin Ugawa
    • Kojiro Iwamoto
    • Kenji Fukuda

    Regular Article 30 April 2009 Pages: 303 - 310

    

24. Mineralisation of carbon and plant uptake of phosphorus from microbially-derived organic matter in response to 19 years simulated nitrogen deposition

    • Ully H. Kritzler
    • David Johnson

    Regular Article 12 May 2009 Pages: 311 - 319

    

25. Exogenous nitric oxide improves antioxidative capacity and reduces auxin degradation in roots of Medicago truncatula seedlings under cadmium stress

    • Jin Xu
    • Wenying Wang
    • Qin Mi

    Regular Article 06 May 2009 Pages: 321 - 330

    

26. Intraspecific and interspecific pair-wise seedling competition between exotic annual grasses and native perennials: plant–soil relationships

    • Robert R. Blank

    Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 331 - 343

    

27. Interactive effects of molybdenum and phosphorus fertilizers on photosynthetic characteristics of seedlings and grain yield of Brassica napus

    • Hongen Liu
    • Chengxiao Hu
    • Xiaoming Hu

    Regular Article 12 May 2009 Pages: 345 - 353

    

28. Botanical composition, production and nutrient status of an originally Lolium perenne-dominant cut grass sward receiving long-term manure applications

    • Wenju Liu
    • Yong-Guan Zhu
    • Adam Scott Laidlaw

    Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 355 - 367

    

29. Root-derived respiration and nitrous oxide production as affected by crop phenology and nitrogen fertilization

    • Benjamin K. Sey
    • Ameur M. Manceur
    • Philippe Rochette

    Regular Article 08 May 2009 Pages: 369 - 379

    

30. Alleviation of detrimental effects of NaCl by silicon nutrition in salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant genotypes of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)

    • M. Ashraf
    • Rahmatullah
    • L. Ali

    Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 381 - 391

    

31. Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on CH₄ emission from rice fields: multi-site field observations

    • Baohua Xie
    • Xunhua Zheng
    • Jianguo Zhu

    Regular Article 21 May 2009 Pages: 393 - 401

    

32. Novel technique shows different hydrophobic chemical signatures of exotic and indigenous plant soils with similar effects of extracts on indigenous species seedling growth

    • Emilie-Jane Ens
    • Kristine French
    • John Korth

    Regular Article 19 May 2009 Pages: 403 - 414

    

33. Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria in the rhizosphere of Caragana korshinkii and Hippophae rhamnoides in Zhifanggou watershed

    • Haoqiang Zhang
    • Ming Tang
    • Ye Feng

    Regular Articles 23 May 2009 Pages: 415 - 424

    

34. Mineralization of copper, manganese and zinc from rock mineral flour and city waste compost for efficient use in organic farming

    • Yashbir Singh Shivay
    • Tore Krogstad
    • Bal Ram Singh

    Regular Article 16 May 2009 Pages: 425 - 435

    

35. Effects of genetically modified potatoes with increased zeaxanthin content on the abundance and diversity of rhizobacteria with in vitro antagonistic activity do not exceed natural variability among cultivars

    • Nicole Weinert
    • Remo Meincke
    • Kornelia Smalla

    Regular Article 05 June 2009 Pages: 437 - 452

    

36. Metal mobilization and production of short-chain organic acids by rhizosphere bacteria associated with a Cd/Zn hyperaccumulating plant, Sedum alfredii

    • W. C. Li
    • Z. H. Ye
    • M. H. Wong

    Regular Article 23 May 2009 Pages: 453 - 467

    

37. Nutrient conservation strategies of a mangrove species Rhizophora stylosa under nutrient limitation

    • Yi-Ming Lin
    • Xiao-Wei Liu
    • Guang-Hui Lin

    Regular Article 21 May 2009 Pages: 469 - 479

    

38. Leaf litterfall, fine root production and turnover in four major tree species of the semi-arid region of India

    • Pramod Jha
    • Kamal Prasad Mohapatra

    Regular Article 28 May 2009 Pages: 481 - 491

    

39. Modelling diverse root density dynamics and deep nitrogen uptake—A simple approach

    • Anders Pedersen
    • Kefeng Zhang
    • Lars S. Jensen

    Regular Article 02 June 2009 Pages: 493 - 510

    

40. The effects of mineral fertilizer and organic manure on soil microbial community and diversity

    • Wenhui Zhong
    • Ting Gu
    • Weishou Shen

    Regular Article 23 April 2009 Pages: 511 - 522

    

41. The effects of mineral fertilizer and organic manure on soil microbial community and diversity

    • Wenhui Zhong
    • Ting Gu
    • Weishou Shen

    Erratum 22 July 2009 Pages: 523 - 523