1. Biological control of tobacco black shank and colonization of tobacco roots by a Paenibacillus polymyxa strain C5

   • Xiaoli Ren
   • Nan Zhang
   • Qiwei Huang

   Original Paper 10 January 2012 Pages: 613 - 620

   

2. The inhibiting effect of nitrate fertilisation on methane uptake of a temperate forest soil is influenced by labile carbon

   • Ann-Catrin Fender
   • Birgit Pfeiffer
   • Hermann F. Jungkunst

   Original Paper Open access 13 January 2012 Pages: 621 - 631

   

3. Impact on C and N dynamics of simultaneous application of pig slurry and wheat straw, as affected by their initial locations in soil

   • Celso Aita
   • Sylvie Recous
   • Sandro José Giacomini

   Original Paper 17 January 2012 Pages: 633 - 642

   

4. Evaluation of ecological doses of the nitrification inhibitors 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) and 4-chloromethylpyrazole (ClMP) in comparison to dicyandiamide (DCD) in their effects on dehydrogenase and dimethyl sulfoxide reductase activity in soils

   • Ferisman Tindaon
   • Gero Benckiser
   • Johannes C. G. Ottow

   Original Paper 20 January 2012 Pages: 643 - 650

   

5. Biochemical characterization with detection and expression of bacterial β-glucosidase encoding genes of a Mediterranean soil under different long-term management practices

   • Rosa Cañizares
   • Beatriz Moreno
   • Emilio Benitez

   Original Paper 20 January 2012 Pages: 651 - 663

   

6. Soil and tree response to P fertilization in a secondary tropical forest supported by an Oxisol

   • Daniel Markewitz
   • Ricardo de O. Figueiredo
   • Eric A. Davidson

   Original Paper 26 January 2012 Pages: 665 - 678

   

7. Characterization of free-living cyanobacterial strains and their competence to colonize rice roots

   • Chingkheihunba Akoijam
   • Arvind Kumar Singh
   • Amar Nath Rai

   Original Paper 28 January 2012 Pages: 679 - 687

   

8. Effect of fulvic acids on lead-induced oxidative stress to metal sensitive Vicia faba L. plant

   • Muhammad Shahid
   • Camille Dumat
   • Eric Pinelli

   Original Paper 01 February 2012 Pages: 689 - 697

   

9. Differential effects of composts on properties of soils with different textures

   • Tra T. T. Duong
   • Chris Penfold
   • Petra Marschner

   Original Paper 08 February 2012 Pages: 699 - 707

   

10. Are humus forms, mesofauna and microflora in subalpine forest soils sensitive to thermal conditions?

    • J. Ascher
    • G. Sartori
    • M. Egli

    Original Paper 11 February 2012 Pages: 709 - 725

    

11. Soil microbial biomass as affected by groundcover management in a Fraser fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh] Poir) plantation after 1 year

    • Paligwende Nikièma
    • Pascal Nzokou
    • Mathieu Ngouajio

    Short Communication 31 January 2012 Pages: 727 - 733

    

12. Improving organic C and N fractions in a sulfur-deficient soil with S fertilization

    • S. S. Malhi

    Short Communication 03 February 2012 Pages: 735 - 739

    

13. Erratum to: Genetic diversity of rhizobia associated with alfalfa in Serbian soils

    • Olivera Stajković-Srbinović
    • Sofie E. De Meyer
    • Anne Willems

    Erratum 05 July 2012 Pages: 741 - 741