1. Geostatistical tools for characterizing the spatial variability of microbiological and physico-chemical soil properties

   • P. Goovaerts

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 315 - 334

2. Identification and characterization of salt- and thermo-tolerant Leucaena-nodulating Rhizobium strains

   • F. M. Hashem
   • D. M. Swelim
   • N. I. Hegazi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 335 - 341

3. Relationship between soil neutral sugar composition and the amount of labile soil organic matter in Andisol treated with bark compost or leaf litter

   • T. Murata
   • N. Nagaishi
   • T. Kato

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 342 - 348

4. The use of GUS-reporter gene to study the effect of Azospirillum-Rhizobium coinoculation on nodulation of white clover

   • V. K. Tchebotar
   • U. G. Kang
   • S. Akao

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 349 - 352

5. Land use effects on labile N extracted with permanganate and the nitrogen management index in the Cerrado region of Brazil

   • R. Westerhof
   • L. Vilela
   • W. Zech

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 353 - 357

6. Legumes as dry season fallow in upland rice-based systems of West Africa

   • M. Becker
   • David E. Johnson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 358 - 367

7. Evaluation of a technique to obtain development-stage-synchronised earthworms (Eisenia fetida )

   • H. Bouwman

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 368 - 373

8. Ratios between estimates of microbial biomass content and microbial activity in soils

   • O. Dilly
   • J.-C. Munch

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 374 - 379

9. Effect of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 released as sugarbeet inoculant on the nutrient contents of soil and foliage of a red clover rotation crop

   • Y. Moënne-Loccoz
   • J. Powell
   • F. O'Gara

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 380 - 385

10. Edaphic factors as determinants for the distribution of intrinsic antibiotic resistance in a cowpea rhizobia population

    • G. R. Xavier
    • L. M. V. Martins
    • N. G. Rumjanek

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 386 - 392

11. Nitrogen fixation capacity and nodule occupancy by Bradyrhizobium japonicum and B. elkanii strains

    • M. Hungria
    • L. H. Boddey
    • M. A. T. Vargas

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 393 - 399

12. Population dynamics of earthworm communities in corn agroecosystems receiving organic or inorganic fertilizer amendments

    • J. K. Whalen
    • R. W. Parmelee
    • C. A. Edwards

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 400 - 407

13. Microwave irradiation of soil for routine measurement of microbial biomass carbon

    • K. R. Islam
    • R. R. Weil

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 408 - 416

14. Earthworm activity and soil structure changes due to organic enrichments in vineyard systems

    • G. Pérès
    • D. Cluzeau
    • V. Hallaire

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 417 - 424

15. Nitrogen cycling involving non-exchangeable ammonium in a gray luvisol

    • Y. K. Soon

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 425 - 429

16. Microbial and soil parameters in relation to N mineralization in soils of diverse genesis under differing management systems

    • J. Z. Burket
    • R. P. Dick

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 430 - 438