1. Microbial community indigenous to the earthworm Eisenia foetida

   • Koki Toyota
   • Makoto Kimura

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 187 - 190

2. Urease activity of microbial biomass in soils as affected by cropping systems

   • S. Klose
   • M. A. Tabatabai

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 191 - 199

3. Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen as affected by cropping systems

   • J. M. Moore
   • S. Klose
   • M. A. Tabatabai

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 200 - 210

4. Effect of cropping systems on nitrogen mineralization in soils

   • S. P. Deng
   • M. A. Tabatabai

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 211 - 218

5. Identification of bacterial sources of soil peptidases

   • H. -J. Bach
   • J. C. Munch

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 219 - 224

6. Efficacy of Burkholderia cepacia MCI 7 in disease suppression and growth promotion of maize

   • A. Bevivino
   • C. Dalmastri
   • L. Chiarini

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 225 - 231

7. Behaviour of arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi on Vigna luteola growth and its effect on the exchangeable (³²P) phosphorus of soil

   • G. Hernández
   • G. Cuenca
   • A. García

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 232 - 236

8. Short-term effects of different tillage in a sustainable farming system on nematode community structure

   • R. Lenz
   • G. Eisenbeis

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 237 - 244

9. Exchangeable ammonium and nitrate from different nitrogen fertilizer preparations in polyacrylamide-treated and untreated agricultural soils

   • J. L. Kay-Shoemake
   • M. E. Watwood
   • K. Harris

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 245 - 248

10. Aggregate stability and glomalin in alternative crop rotations for the central Great Plains

    • S. F. Wright
    • R. L. Anderson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 249 - 253

11. Influence of phytoparasitic nematodes on symbiotic N₂ fixation in tropical herbaceous legume cover crops

    • B. Ibewiro
    • N. Sanginga
    • R. Merckx

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 254 - 260

12. Transformations and recovery of residue and fertilizer nitrogen-15 in a sandy Lixisol of West Africa

    • B. Ibewiro
    • N. Sanginga
    • R. Merckx

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 261 - 269

13. Denitrification and total fertilizer-N losses from an irrigated cotton field

    • T. Mahmood
    • R. Ali
    • F. Azam

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 270 - 278

14. Influence of N and non-N salts on atmospheric methane oxidation by upland boreal forest and tundra soils

    • S. C. Whalen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 279 - 287

15. Determinants of leaf litter patchiness in mixed species New Jersey pine barrens forest and its possible influence on soil and soil biota

    • J. Dighton
    • A.S. Morale Bonilla
    • N. Martînez

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 288 - 293

16. Carbon mineralization and microbial activity in a field site trial used for ¹⁴C turnover experiments over a period of 30 years

    • M. Stemmer
    • K. Roth
    • E. Kandeler

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 294 - 302

17. The fungicides thiram and captan affect the phenotypic characteristics of Rhizobium leguminosarum strain C1 as determined by FAME and Biolog analyses

    • K. E. Dunfield
    • S. D. Siciliano
    • J. J. Germida

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 303 - 309

18. Relationship between rimsulfuron degradation and microbial biomass content in a clay loam soil

    • C. Vischetti
    • P. Perucci
    • L. Scarponi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 310 - 314

19. Microbial responses to fluctuation of soil aeration status and redox conditions

    • T. Picek
    • M. Šimek
    • H. Šantrůčková

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 315 - 322

20. The influence of soil compaction and the removal of organic matter on two native earthworms and soil properties in an oak-hickory forest

    • D. Jordan
    • V. C. Hubbard
    • E. C. Berry

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 323 - 328

21. Efficiency of nitrogen-15-labelled fertilizers for rice and rye-grass cultivated in an Ultisol of Brazilian Amazonia

    • S. S. Alfaia
    • G. Guiraud
    • G. A. Ribeiro

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 329 - 333

22. Effect of three contrasting onion (Allium cepa L.) production systems on nitrous oxide emissions from soil

    • T.J. van der Weerden
    • R. R. Sherlock
    • K. C. Cameron

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 334 - 342

23. A comparison of the availability of three zinc sources to maize (Zea mays L.) under greenhouse conditions

    • R. J. Goos
    • B. E. Johnson
    • M. Thiollet

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 343 - 347

24. Land use affects the distribution of soil inorganic nitrogen in smallholder production systems in Kenya

    • G. Shepherd
    • R. J. Buresh
    • P. J. Gregory

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 348 - 355

25. Sorption of L-methionine-sulphoximine on humic acids and clay minerals

    • A. Gelsomino
    • G. Cacco
    • P. Nannipieri

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 356 - 359

26. Erratum: Biol Fertil Soils 30:288–293 (2000)

    Pages: 360 - 360