1. Stimulation of nodulation and plant growth of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Pseudomonas spp. antagonistic to fungal pathogens

   • A. Goel
   • S. Sindhu
   • K. Dadarwal

   Original Paper Pages: 391 - 396

2. Community structure of the microbiota associated with nodal roots of rice plants along with the growth stages: estimation by PCR-RFLP analysis

   • Makoto Ikenaga
   • Yoshitetsu Muraoka
   • Makoto Kimura

   Original Paper Pages: 397 - 404

3. Decomposition of Arachis pintoi litter intercropped with forage grass in "Cerrado" soil in the dry and wet seasons

   • C. Oliveira
   • M. Scotti
   • N. Sá

   Original Paper Pages: 405 - 410

4. Nitrous oxide emissions from the wheat-growing season in eighteen Chinese paddy soils: an outdoor pot experiment

   • Yao Huang
   • Yan Jiao
   • Ronald L. Sass

   Original Paper Pages: 411 - 417

5. Factors influencing nitrification and denitrification variability in a natural and fire-disturbed Mediterranean shrubland

   • Simona Castaldi
   • Danilo Aragosa

   Original Paper Pages: 418 - 425

6. Susceptibility of humic acids from soils with various contents of metals to microbial utilization and transformation

   • Zdenek Filip
   • Pavol Bielek

   Original Paper Pages: 426 - 433

7. Accelerated mineralisation of atrazine in maize rhizosphere soil

   • S. Piutti
   • S. Hallet
   • F. Martin-Laurent

   Original Paper Pages: 434 - 441

8. Effects of temperature, soil water status, and soil type on swine slurry nitrogen transformations

   • T. Griffin
   • C. Honeycutt
   • Z. He

   Original Paper Pages: 442 - 446

9. Earthworm activity and decomposition of ¹⁴C-labelled grass root systems

   • Arina Uyl
   • Wim Didden
   • Joke Marinissen

   Original Paper Pages: 447 - 455

10. Effects of subsurface aeration and trinexapac-ethyl application on soil microbial communities in a creeping bentgrass putting green

    • Yucheng Feng
    • Donald M. Stoeckel
    • Robert H. Walker

    Short Communication Pages: 456 - 460