1. Effects of the phenylamide fungicides, mefenoxam and metalaxyl, on the microbiological properties of a sandy loam and a sandy clay soil

   • Adolphe Monkiedje
   • Michael Spiteller

   Original Paper Pages: 393 - 398

2. Plant growth enhancement and suppression of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot of peanut by fluorescent Pseudomonas

   • C. Gupta
   • R. Dubey
   • D. Maheshwari

   Original Paper Pages: 399 - 405

3. Variability in soil chemistry and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in harvester ant nests: the influence of topography, grazing and region

   • Season R. Snyder
   • Thomas O. Crist
   • Carl F. Friese

   Original Paper Pages: 406 - 413

4. Phosphorus fractions and phosphorus delivery potential of a luvisol derived from loess amended with organic materials

   • H. Scherer
   • S. Sharma

   Original Paper Pages: 414 - 419

5. Effect of direct nitrogen and potassium and residual phosphorus fertilizers on soil chemical properties, microbial components and maize yield under long-term crop rotation

   • A. Belay
   • A. Claassens
   • F. Wehner

   Original Paper Pages: 420 - 427

6. Effect of cadmium contamination with sewage sludge and phosphate fertiliser amendments on soil enzyme activities, microbial structure and available cadmium

   • Ayten Karaca
   • David C. Naseby
   • James M. Lynch

   Original Paper Pages: 428 - 434

7. Effect of spore inoculum and agricultural practices on the vertical distribution of the biocontrol plant-growth-promoting bacterium Pasteuria penetrans and growth of Meloidogyne incognita-infected tomato

   • Miguel Talavera
   • Takayuki Mizukubo
   • Satoshi Aiba

   Original Paper Pages: 435 - 440

8. Time course of N₂ fixation and growth of chickpea

   • S. Kyei-Boahen
   • A. Slinkard
   • F. Walley

   Original Paper Pages: 441 - 447

9. Diversity and symbiotic effectiveness of rhizobia isolated from field-grown soybean nodules in Paraguay

   • Lu Chen
   • Antonio Figueredo
   • Mariangela Hungria

   Original Paper Pages: 448 - 457

10. Lepidium latifolium: plant nutrient competition-soil interactions

    • Robert R. Blank
    • Robert G. Qualls
    • James A. Young

    Original Paper Pages: 458 - 464

11. Microbial nature of the hydrogen-oxidizing agent in hydrogen-treated soil

    • Nicole McLearn
    • Zhongmin Dong

    Original Paper Pages: 465 - 469

12. Determination of acid phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities in the rhizosphere of nodulated legume species native to two contrasting savanna sites in Venezuela

    • M. Izaguirre-Mayoral
    • S. Flores
    • O. Carballo

    Short Communication Pages: 470 - 472

13. Nitrous oxide emissions from kharif and rabi legumes grown on an alluvial soil

    • Sabyasachi Ghosh
    • Deepanjan Majumdar
    • M. Jain

    Short Communication Pages: 473 - 478