1. Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation of Cd, Cr and Ni by Cannabis sativa L.

   • Sandra Citterio
   • Angela Santagostino
   • Sergio Sgorbati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 252

2. Use of crops for in situ phytoremediation of polluted soils following a toxic flood from a mine spill

   • María Auxiliadora Soriano
   • Elías Fereres

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 264

3. Phytoextraction capacity of trees growing on a metal contaminated soil

   • Walter Rosselli
   • Catherine Keller
   • Katia Boschi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 272

4. Effects of transplant type, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and soil treatment on growth and yield of strawberry in Florida

   • Nancy Kokalis-Burelle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 280

5. Field release of genetically marked Azospirillum brasilense in association with Sorghum bicolor L.

   • M. Basaglia
   • S. Casella
   • M.P. Nuti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 290

6. Fluorescent Pseudomonas influences palisade mesophyll development and spatial root development in Phaseolus vulgaris

   • H.P. Deka Boruah
   • B. K. Rabha
   • B.S. Dileep Kumar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 301

7. Relative mycorrhizal dependency and mycorrhiza-nematode interaction in banana cultivars (Musa spp.) differing in nematode susceptibility

   • A. Elsen
   • H. Baimey
   • D. De Waele

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 313

8. Replant problems in South Tyrol: role of fungal pathogens and microbial population in conventional and organic apple orchards

   • L. M. Manici
   • C. Ciavatta
   • G. Erschbaumer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 324

9. Soil moisture effects on uptake of metals by Thlaspi, Alyssum, and Berkheya

   • J. Scott Angle
   • Alan J. M. Baker
   • Rufus L. Chaney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 332

10. Application of the STICS crop model to predict nitrogen availability and nitrate transport in a tropical acid soil cropped with maize

    • J. Sierra
    • N. Brisson
    • C. Noël

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 345

11. Differences in rhizosphere carbon-partitioning among plant species of different families

    • F. R. Warembourg
    • C. Roumet
    • F. Lafont

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 357

12. Decomposition of leaves of huisache (Acacia tortuoso) and mesquite (Prosopis spp) in soil of the central highlands of Mexico

    • B. G. Reyes-Reyes
    • E. Zamora-Villafranco
    • L. Dendooven

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 370

13. Nitrification in a zeoponic substrate

    • R.L. McGilloway
    • R.W. Weaver
    • J.E. Gruener

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 378

14. Rapid immobilization of applied nitrogen in saline–alkaline soils

    • C. Vega-Jarquin
    • M. Garcia-Mendoza
    • L. Dendooven

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 388

15. Nitrogen dynamics in alpine ecosystems of the northern Caucasus

    • M.I. Makarov
    • B. Glaser
    • A.V. Volkov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 402

16. Effect of high boron application on boron content and growth of melons

    • Sabine Goldberg
    • P.J. Shouse
    • D.L. Suarez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 411

17. Effects of boron fertilization on `Conference' pear tree vigor, nutrition, and fruit yield and storability

    • Pawel Wojcik
    • Marzena Wojcik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 421

18. Integrating sub-lethal heating with Brassica amendments and summer irrigation for control of Macrophomina phaseolina

    • Satish Lodha
    • S.K. Sharma
    • R.K. Aggarwal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 430

19. Pedoecological effects of a sand-fixing poplar (Populus simonii Carr.) forest in a desertified sandy land of Inner Mongolia, China

    • Feng-Rui Li
    • Hua Zhang
    • Xian-Zhi Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 442

20. Vernal nitrogen and phosphorus retention by forest understory vegetation and soil microbes

    • Jack T. Tessier
    • Dudley J. Raynal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 453

21. Microtome sectioning causes artifacts in rhizobox experiments

    • Walter J. Fitz
    • Walter W. Wenzel
    • Blaž Istenič

    OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 462

22. Effect of Streptomyces melanosporofaciens strain EF-76 and of chitosan on common scab of potato

    • Julie Beauséjour
    • Nancy Clermont
    • Carole Beaulieu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 468

23. Evaluating the role of root citrate exudation as a mechanism of aluminium resistance in maize genotypes

    • Eduardo D. Mariano
    • Willem G. Keltjen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 479

24. Corrigendum: Exchange of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O between the atmosphere and two northern boreal ponds with catchments dominated by peatlands or forests

    • Jari T. Huttunen
    • Tero S. Väisänen
    • Pertti J. Martikainen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 482