1. Gross nitrogen transformations and related N₂O emissions in uncultivated and cultivated black soil

   • Ping Li
   • Man Lang

   Original Paper 17 August 2013 Pages: 197 - 206

   

2. Structure and biological activities of lipochitooligosaccharide nodulation signals produced by Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 138 under saline and osmotic stress

   • Nacira Muñoz
   • Maria Eugenia Soria-Díaz
   • Ramiro Lascano

   Original Paper 20 August 2013 Pages: 207 - 215

   

3. De-coupling of root–microbiome associations followed by antagonist inoculation improves rhizosphere soil suppressiveness

   • Meihua Qiu
   • Shuqing Li
   • Ruifu Zhang

   Original Paper 23 August 2013 Pages: 217 - 224

   

4. Sequential transformation rates of soil organic sulfur fractions in two-step mineralization process

   • Toko Tanikawa
   • Kyotaro Noguchi
   • Masamichi Takahashi

   Original Paper 28 August 2013 Pages: 225 - 237

   

5. The effect of preceding crop on wheat grain zinc concentration and its relationship to total amino acids and dissolved organic carbon in rhizosphere soil solution

   • Shabnam Soltani
   • Amir H. Khoshgoftarmanesh
   • Rainer Schulin

   Original Paper 30 August 2013 Pages: 239 - 247

   

6. The endophyte Enterobacter sp. FD17: a maize growth enhancer selected based on rigorous testing of plant beneficial traits and colonization characteristics

   • Muhammad Naveed
   • Birgit Mitter
   • Angela Sessitsch

   Original Paper 10 September 2013 Pages: 249 - 262

   

7. Applications and limitations of tea extract as a virucidal agent to assess the role of phage predation in soils

   • Kaitlin R. Helsley
   • Theresa M. Brown
   • Kurt E. Williamson

   Original Paper 10 September 2013 Pages: 263 - 274

   

8. Changes in δ¹⁵N in a soil–plant system under different biochar feedstocks and application rates

   • Frédérique Reverchon
   • Robert C. Flicker
   • Dongke Zhang

   Original Paper 12 September 2013 Pages: 275 - 283

   

9. Carbon utilization, microbial biomass, and respiration in biological soil crusts in the Negev Desert

   • Jun Yu
   • Naama Glazer
   • Yosef Steinberger

   Original Paper 12 September 2013 Pages: 285 - 293

   

10. Snow cover and soil moisture controls of freeze–thaw-related soil gas fluxes from a typical semi-arid grassland soil: a laboratory experiment

    • Xing Wu
    • Nicolas Brüggemann
    • Guohua Liu

    Original Paper 13 September 2013 Pages: 295 - 306

    

11. Symbiotic N nutrition, C assimilation, and plant water use efficiency in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) grown in farmers’ fields in South Africa, measured using ¹⁵N and ¹³C natural abundance

    • Keletso C. Mohale
    • Alphonsus K. Belane
    • Felix D. Dakora

    Original Paper Open access 17 September 2013 Pages: 307 - 319

    

12. Biochar addition affected the dynamics of ammonia oxidizers and nitrification in microcosms of a coastal alkaline soil

    • Yanjing Song
    • Xiaoli Zhang
    • Jun Gong

    Original Paper 24 September 2013 Pages: 321 - 332

    

13. Nitrogen and carbon availability of liquid and solid fractions of pig slurry obtained using different separation technologies

    • D. Fangueiro
    • J. Coutinho
    • E. Vasconcelos

    Original Paper 24 September 2013 Pages: 333 - 341

    

14. Seasonality of factors controlling N mineralization rates among slope positions and aspects in cool-temperate deciduous natural forests and larch plantations

    • Takuo Hishi
    • Rieko Urakawa
    • Hideaki Shibata

    Original Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 343 - 356

    

15. Short-term effects of thinning on soil respiration in a pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) plantation

    • Xiaoqin Cheng
    • Hairong Han
    • Yong Li

    Original Paper 29 September 2013 Pages: 357 - 367

    

16. Methane production potential and methanogenic archaeal community structure in tropical irrigated Indian paddy soils

    • Suresh Kumar Dubey
    • Alpana Singh
    • Kazuyuki Inubushi

    Original Paper 29 September 2013 Pages: 369 - 379

    

17. Facilitation of seedling growth and nutrient uptake by indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in intensive agroecosytems

    • Wei Liu
    • Chaoyuan Zheng
    • Xiaolin Li

    Original Paper 03 October 2013 Pages: 381 - 394

    

18. Revision of two colorimetric methods to quantify glomalin-related compounds in soils subjected to different managements

    • Dalila L. Reyna
    • Luis G. Wall

    Short Communication 16 August 2013 Pages: 395 - 400

    

19. Mass spectrometric evidence for the occurrence of plant growth promoting cytokinins in vermicompost tea

    • H. Zhang
    • S. N. Tan
    • J. W. H. Yong

    Short Communication 20 August 2013 Pages: 401 - 403

    

20. Native maize landraces from Los Tuxtlas, Mexico show varying mycorrhizal dependency for P uptake

    • Wendy Sangabriel-Conde
    • Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich
    • Dora Trejo-Aguilar

    Short Communication 22 August 2013 Pages: 405 - 414