1. Award by biology and fertility of soil at the Eurosoil meeting held in Vienna (24–29 August 2008)

   • Paolo Nannipieri

   Editorial 26 September 2008 Pages: 113 - 113

2. Mechanisms of real and apparent priming effects and their dependence on soil microbial biomass and community structure: critical review

   • Е. Blagodatskaya
   • Y. Kuzyakov

   Review 07 October 2008 Pages: 115 - 131

   

3. Response of maize to mycorrhizal colonization at varying levels of zinc and phosphorus

   • Kizhaeral S. Subramanian
   • Chandrasekaran Bharathi
   • Asokkumar Jegan

   Original Paper 16 July 2008 Pages: 133 - 144

   

4. Straw harvesting, fertilization, and fertilizer type alter soil microbiological and physical properties in a loblolly pine plantation in the mid-south USA

   • Michael A. Blazier
   • William B. Patterson
   • Steven L. Hotard

   Original Paper 19 July 2008 Pages: 145 - 153

   

5. Effect of mineral fertilizer, pig manure, and Azospirillum rugosum on growth and nutrient contents of Lactuca sativa L.

   • Wei-An Lai
   • P. D. Rekha
   • Chiu-Chung Young

   Original Paper 24 July 2008 Pages: 155 - 164

   

6. Effects of harvester ant (Messor spp.) activity on soil properties and microbial communities in a Negev Desert ecosystem

   • Orit Ginzburg
   • W. G. Whitford
   • Y. Steinberger

   Original Paper 25 July 2008 Pages: 165 - 173

   

7. Improved estimation of biological nitrogen fixation of soybean cultivars (Glycine max L. Merril) using ¹⁵N natural abundance technique

   • P. Houngnandan
   • R. G. H. Yemadje
   • O. Van Cleemput

   Original Paper 30 July 2008 Pages: 175 - 183

8. Diversity of proteolytic community encoding for subtilisin in an arable field: spatial and temporal variability

   • M. Mrkonjic Fuka
   • M. Engel
   • M. Schloter

   Original Paper 09 August 2008 Pages: 185 - 191

   

9. Plant canopy effects on litter accumulation and soil microbial biomass in two temperate forests

   • Ö. Kara
   • İ. Bolat
   • M. Öztürk

   Short Communication 27 August 2008 Pages: 193 - 198

   

10. Cutting regime determines allocation of fixed nitrogen in white clover

    • A. Sigrun Dahlin
    • Anna M. Mårtensson

    Short Communication 29 August 2008 Pages: 199 - 204

11. Pre-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi suppresses root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) on cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

    • Lidan Zhang
    • Junling Zhang
    • Xiaolin Li

    Short Communication 03 September 2008 Pages: 205 - 211

12. The effect of reduced tillage on nitrous oxide emissions of silt loam soils

    • Karoline D’Haene
    • Annemie Van den Bossche
    • Georges Hofman

    Short Communication 26 September 2008 Pages: 213 - 217