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Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 81 (2000) 273±289

Applied Soil Ecology, Subject Index, Volumes 13±15
Acclimatization
Effects of in vivo mycorrhization on micropropagated fruit tree
rootstocks, 15 (2000) 105
Acidification
Earthworm populations in a cool and wet district as affected by
tractor traffic and fertilisation, 13 (1999) 237
Aerated slurry
Earthworm populations in a cool and wet district as affected by
tractor traffic and fertilisation, 13 (1999) 237
Aggregate stability
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135
Agricultural intensification
Potential C-source utilization patterns of bacterial communities
as influenced by clearing and land use in a vertic soil of Argentina,
15 (2000) 273
Agricultural practices
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a

soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69
Agricultural soils
Evaluation of the diversity of rhizobia in Brazilian agricultural
soils cultivated with soybeans, 13 (1999) 159
Agrobacterium
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145

Alcaligenes faecalis
Effect of an Alcaligenes faecalis inoculant strain on bacterial
communities in flooded soil microcosms planted with rice seedlings,
15 (2000) 211
Alder
Characteristics and energetic strategies of the rhizosphere in
ecosystems of the BornhoÈved Lake district, 15 (2000) 201
Alkaline pH
Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization
and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soilfeeding termites, 13 (1999) 219

Alleycrop
The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49
Amazonia
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57
AMF
Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and other
microbial inoculants (Azospirillum, Pseudomonas, Trichoderma)
and their effects on microbial population and enzyme activities
in the rhizosphere of maize plants, 15 (2000) 261
Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA)
Opening the black box of soil microbial diversity, 13 (1999)
109

Agro-ecology
Soil health: research, practice and policy for a more regenerative
agriculture, 15 (2000) 85

Anecic earthworms
Microfungal communities in soil, litter and casts of Lumbricus
terrestris L. (Lumbricidae): a laboratory experiment, 14 (2000)
17

Agroforestry
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57

Antagonism
Effects of increased nitrate availability on the control of plant
pathogenic fungi by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, 15 (2000)
227

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Antifungal volatile

Effects of increased nitrate availability on the control of plant
pathogenic fungi by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, 15 (2000)
227

Bactris
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57

Arachis hypogaea L.
Nodulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) roots in the presence of native and inoculated rhizobia strains, 13 (1999) 39

Beech
Characteristics and energetic strategies of the rhizosphere in
ecosystems of the BornhoÈved Lake district, 15 (2000) 201

Arbuscular mycorrhiza
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191
The effect of inoculation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
microplants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on tuber yield and

tuber size distribution, 15 (2000) 137
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233
Autoxidation
Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization
and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soilfeeding termites, 13 (1999) 219
Azo dyes
Effects of benzidine and benzidine analogues on the growth and
nitrogenase activity of Azotobacter, 14 (2000) 183
Azotobacter
Effects of benzidine and benzidine analogues on the growth and
nitrogenase activity of Azotobacter, 14 (2000) 183
Bacillus
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145

Bacteria
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257
Bacteria isolation
A micro-sampling approach to improve the inventory of bacterial diversity in soil, 13 (1999) 123
Bacterial diversity
A micro-sampling approach to improve the inventory of bacterial diversity in soil, 13 (1999) 123

Beneficial association
Endophytic communities of rhizobacteria and the strategies
required to create yield enhancing associations with crops, 15
(2000) 183
Benzidine
Effects of benzidine and benzidine analogues on the growth and
nitrogenase activity of Azotobacter, 14 (2000) 183
Bertholletia
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57

Bioassay
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253
Biocontrol
Survival and infection of root-knot nematodes added to soil
amended with rye at different stages of decomposition and cropped
with cotton, 13 (1999) 231
Effects of increased nitrate availability on the control of plant
pathogenic fungi by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, 15 (2000)
227
Biodiversity
Does soil biodiversity depend upon metabiotic activity and
influences? 13 (1999) 151
Evaluation of the diversity of rhizobia in Brazilian agricultural
soils cultivated with soybeans, 13 (1999) 159
Bioindicator
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a
soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69

Biolog assay
Potential C-source utilization patterns of bacterial communities
as influenced by clearing and land use in a vertic soil of Argentina,
15 (2000) 273
Biological control
Influence of weather and time of deposition on sheep faeces
colonization by nematophagous fungi in the Mata region of Minas
Gerais State, Brazil, 14 (2000) 63

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Fungal communities in fallow soil before and after amending
with pine sawdust, 14 (2000) 177
Biomass
Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at
the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science, 14 (2000)
283
Biomass carbon
The inconsistent effect of soil disturbance on colonization of
roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a test of the inoculum density
hypothesis, 14 (2000) 147

Biotic interactions
Does soil biodiversity depend upon metabiotic activity and
influences? 13 (1999) 151
Biovolumes ratio
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257
Bixa
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57
Bodies
Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at
the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science, 14 (2000)
283
Bradyrhizobium
Evaluation of the diversity of rhizobia in Brazilian agricultural
soils cultivated with soybeans, 13 (1999) 159
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191

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Canonical correlation analysis
The influence of row position and selected soil attributes on
Acarina and Collembola in no-till and conventional continuous corn
on a clay loam soil, 13 (1999) 1
Canopy
Soil response to canopy position and feral pig disturbance
beneath Quercus agrifolia on Santa Cruz Island, California, 14
(2000) 269
Carbon dioxide
Soil carbon, microbial activity and nitrogen availability in
agroforestry systems on moderately alkaline soils in northern India,
15 (2000) 283
Carbon source
Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia
strains associated with Casuarina, 14 (2000) 249
Carcass disposal
Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at
the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science, 14 (2000)

283
Cattle manure
Earthworm populations in a cool and wet district as affected by
tractor traffic and fertilisation, 13 (1999) 237
CCA
Diversity and distribution of nematode communities in grasslands from Romania in relation to vegetation and soil characteristics,
14 (2000) 27
Cell integrity
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and
effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soilborne pathogenic fungi, 15 (2000) 191

Bradyrhizobium sp.
Dependence of promiscuous soybean and herbaceous legumes
on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to bradyrhizobial
inoculation in low P soils, 13 (1999) 251

Cereal±oil seed rotation
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135

Brassica napus
Direct and indirect effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on the
decomposing and competitive abilities of saprobic fungi, 14 (2000)
157

Chitin
Stimulation of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) arbuscular
mycorrhizas by addition of shellfish waste to the growth substrate:
interaction between mycorrhization, substrate amendment and susceptibility to red core (Phytophthora fragariae), 15 (2000) 153

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C/15 N dynamics
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic `hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass, 14
(2000) 37
Calluna vulgaris
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in heath soil
under intact Calluna, after heather beetle infestation and nitrogen
fertilization, 13 (1999) 187

Citrus
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a
soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69
Climate change
Effects of altered soil-water availability on a tallgrass prairie
nematode community, 13 (1999) 45

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Clusters
Diversity and distribution of nematode communities in grasslands from Romania in relation to vegetation and soil characteristics,
14 (2000) 27
Co-inertia analysis
Relationships between abiotic and biotic soil properties during
fallow periods in the sudanian zone of Senegal, 14 (2000) 89
Collembola
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231
Collembolan
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103
Commercial mycorrhizal inoculants
Stimulation of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) arbuscular
mycorrhizas by addition of shellfish waste to the growth substrate: interaction between mycorrhization, substrate amendment
and susceptibility to red core (Phytophthora fragariae), 15 (2000)
153
Community analysis
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231
Community DNA
%G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA
reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in
UK upland grasslands, 14 (2000) 125
Community structure
Effects of altered soil-water availability on a tallgrass prairie
nematode community, 13 (1999) 45
Community-level physiological profiles
Methods for assessing the composition and diversity of soil
microbial communities, 15 (2000) 25
Competition
Nodulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) roots in the presence of native and inoculated rhizobia strains, 13 (1999) 39
Interrelations between Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogenfixers and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of alfalfa
in sterile, AMF-free or normal soil conditions, 15 (2000) 159
Concentration factors
The accumulation of metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ca) by two
ecologically contrasting earthworm species (Lumbricus rubellus and
Aporrectodea caliginosa): implications for ecotoxicological testing,
13 (1999) 9

Consumption rate
Quantification of nitrogen assimilation efficiencies and their use
to estimate organic matter consumption by the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L., 13 (1999)
199
Copper
Toxicity and possible food-chain effects of copper, dimethoate
and a detergent (LAS) on a centipede (Lithobius mutabilis) and its
prey (Musca domestica), 13 (1999) 177
Cork oak
Mycorrhization of vitroplants raised from somatic embryos of
cork oak (Quercus suber L.), 15 (2000) 119
Corn agroecosystem
Quantification of nitrogen assimilation efficiencies and their use
to estimate organic matter consumption by the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L., 13 (1999)
199
Costa Rica
The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49
Cross hybridisation
%G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA
reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in
UK upland grasslands, 14 (2000) 125
Cultural practices
Impact of soil health management practices on soilborne pathogens, nematodes and root diseases of vegetable crops, 15 (2000) 37
Decay
Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at
the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science, 14 (2000)
283
Decomposition
Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing chestnut oak (Quercus
prinus L.) in mesic temperate and tropical forest, 13 (1999) 169
Translating science into action for agricultural development
in the tropics: an example from decomposition studies, 14
(2000) 1
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic `hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass, 14
(2000) 37
Simulated patterns of litter decay predict patterns of extracellular enzyme activities, 14 (2000) 71
Soil biota and crop residue decomposition during summer and
autumn in south-western Australia, 14 (2000) 111
Denitrification
Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at
the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science, 14 (2000)
283

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Derived savanna
Dependence of promiscuous soybean and herbaceous legumes
on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to bradyrhizobial
inoculation in low P soils, 13 (1999) 251
Desert revegetation
Assessment of VA mycorrhizal inoculum potential in relation to
the establishment of cactus seedlings under mesquite nurse-trees in
the Sonoran Desert, 14 (2000) 165
Deserts
Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments, 13 (1999) 137
Development
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99
Diazotrophs
Interrelations between Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogenfixers and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of alfalfa
in sterile, AMF-free or normal soil conditions, 15 (2000) 159
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169
Diplocardia spp.
The effects of forest practices on earthworm populations and soil
microbial biomass in a hardwood forest in Missouri, 13 (1999) 31
Disturbance
Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments, 13 (1999) 137
Diversity
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a
soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69
DNA fingerprinting
Evaluation of the diversity of rhizobia in Brazilian agricultural
soils cultivated with soybeans, 13 (1999) 159
Drought
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231

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Earthworms
The accumulation of metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ca) by two
ecologically contrasting earthworm species (Lumbricus rubellus and
Aporrectodea caliginosa): implications for ecotoxicological testing,
13 (1999) 9
The effects of forest practices on earthworm populations and
soil microbial biomass in a hardwood forest in Missouri, 13 (1999)
31
Quantification of nitrogen assimilation efficiencies and their use
to estimate organic matter consumption by the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L., 13 (1999)
199
Ecological engineers
Does soil biodiversity depend upon metabiotic activity and
influences? 13 (1999) 151
Ecological indices
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a
soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69
Ecosystem engineers
Soil surface macrofaunal communities associated with earthworm casts in grasslands of the Eastern Plains of Colombia, 13
(1999) 87
Ecosystem functions
Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments, 13 (1999) 137
Soil health and sustainability: managing the biotic component of
soil quality, 15 (2000) 3
Soil quality: an indicator of sustainable land management? 15
(2000) 75
Ecosystem stability
Biodiversity and soil functioningÐfrom black box to can of
worms? 13 (1999) 105
Ecotoxicological test
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103

Dual inoculation
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145

Ecotoxicology
The accumulation of metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ca) by two
ecologically contrasting earthworm species (Lumbricus rubellus and
Aporrectodea caliginosa): implications for ecotoxicological testing,
13 (1999) 9
Toxicity and possible food-chain effects of copper, dimethoate
and a detergent (LAS) on a centipede (Lithobius mutabilis) and its
prey (Musca domestica), 13 (1999) 177

Earthworm cast production
Influence of mulch and soil compaction on earthworm cast
properties, 14 (2000) 223

Ectomycorrhizas
Mycorrhization of vitroplants raised from somatic embryos of
cork oak (Quercus suber L.), 15 (2000) 119

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Effectivity
Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia
strains associated with Casuarina, 14 (2000) 249

FISH
Methods for assessing the composition and diversity of soil
microbial communities, 15 (2000) 25

Electron transport activity
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169

Fluorogenic compound assay
Temporal variations in microbial biomass C and cellulolytic
enzyme activity in arable soils: effects of organic matter input, 13
(1999) 209

Endophyte
Endophytic communities of rhizobacteria and the strategies
required to create yield enhancing associations with crops, 15
(2000) 183
Enzyme activity
Influence of mulch and soil compaction on earthworm cast
properties, 14 (2000) 223
Enzymes
Simulated patterns of litter decay predict patterns of extracellular enzyme activities, 14 (2000) 71
Ericaceae
In vitro and post vitro inoculation of micropropagated Rhododendrons with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, 15 (2000) 125
Ericoid mycorrhiza
In vitro and post vitro inoculation of micropropagated Rhododendrons with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, 15 (2000) 125
Extracellular cellulase
Temporal variations in microbial biomass C and cellulolytic
enzyme activity in arable soils: effects of organic matter input, 13
(1999) 209
Fallow field
Relationships between abiotic and biotic soil properties during
fallow periods in the sudanian zone of Senegal, 14 (2000) 89
Faunal abundance
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57
Faunal diversity
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57
Filamentous fungi
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257

Folsomia candida
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103
Forestry
Fungal communities in fallow soil before and after amending
with pine sawdust, 14 (2000) 177
Frankia
Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia
strains associated with Casuarina, 14 (2000) 249
Functional redundancy
Biodiversity and soil functioningÐfrom black box to can of
worms? 13 (1999) 105
Fungal community
Microfungal communities in soil, litter and casts of Lumbricus
terrestris L. (Lumbricidae): a laboratory experiment, 14 (2000) 17
Fusarium oxysporum
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and
effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soilborne pathogenic fungi, 15 (2000) 191
%G+C profiling
%G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA
reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in
UK upland grasslands, 14 (2000) 125
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici
Effects of number of winter wheat crops grown successively on
fungal communities on wheat roots, 13 (1999) 271
Genetic diversity
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103
Global change
Direct and indirect effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on the
decomposing and competitive abilities of saprobic fungi, 14 (2000)
157
Globodera pallida
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233

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Globodera rostochiensis
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233
Glomus
Effectiveness of indigenous and non-indigenous isolates of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils from degraded ecosystems
and man-made habitats, 14 (2000) 201
Mycorrhizal inoculation enhances growth and nutrient uptake of
micropropagated apple rootstocks during weaning in commercial
substrates of high nutrient availability, 15 (2000) 113
Glomus intraradices
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253
Glomus mosseae
Effects of in vivo mycorrhization on micropropagated fruit tree
rootstocks, 15 (2000) 105
Grass production
Effects of soil compaction on the relationships between
nematodes, grass production and soil physical properties, 14
(2000) 213
Grasslands
Grazing impacts on the spatial distribution of soil microbial
biomass around tussock grasses in a tropical grassland, 13 (1999)
259
Diversity and distribution of nematode communities in grasslands from Romania in relation to vegetation and soil characteristics,
14 (2000) 27
%G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA
reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in
UK upland grasslands, 14 (2000) 125

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Harvest level
The effects of forest practices on earthworm populations and
soil microbial biomass in a hardwood forest in Missouri, 13 (1999)
31
Hatch
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233
Heavy metals
The accumulation of metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ca) by two
ecologically contrasting earthworm species (Lumbricus rubellus and
Aporrectodea caliginosa): implications for ecotoxicological testing,
13 (1999) 9
Effectiveness of indigenous and non-indigenous isolates of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils from degraded ecosystems
and man-made habitats, 14 (2000) 201
Horticulture
In vitro and post vitro inoculation of micropropagated Rhododendrons with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, 15 (2000) 125
Humic substances
Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization
and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soilfeeding termites, 13 (1999) 219
Humivore
Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization
and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soilfeeding termites, 13 (1999) 219
Hydrolytic enzymes
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and
effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soilborne pathogenic fungi, 15 (2000) 191

Grass-legume pastures
Soil surface macrofaunal communities associated with earthworm casts in grasslands of the Eastern Plains of Colombia, 13
(1999) 87

Immobilization
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in heath soil
under intact Calluna, after heather beetle infestation and nitrogen
fertilization, 13 (1999) 187

Grazing pressure
Grazing impacts on the spatial distribution of soil microbial
biomass around tussock grasses in a tropical grassland, 13 (1999)
259

Indeterminate microbes
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257

Gross ammonification
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in heath soil
under intact Calluna, after heather beetle infestation and nitrogen
fertilization, 13 (1999) 187

Indicators
Fostering soil stewardship through soil quality assessment, 15
(2000) 61
Soil quality: an indicator of sustainable land management? 15
(2000) 75

Habitable pore space
Effects of soil compaction on the relationships between
nematodes, grass production and soil physical properties, 14
(2000) 213

Infectivity
Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia
strains associated with Casuarina, 14 (2000) 249

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Inoculation
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253

Litter
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57

Inoculum potential
Assessment of VA mycorrhizal inoculum potential in relation to
the establishment of cactus seedlings under mesquite nurse-trees in
the Sonoran Desert, 14 (2000) 165

Litter decomposition
Microfungal communities in soil, litter and casts of Lumbricus
terrestris L. (Lumbricidae): a laboratory experiment, 14 (2000) 17
Direct and indirect effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on the
decomposing and competitive abilities of saprobic fungi, 14 (2000)
157

Insecticides
Soil application of insecticides influences microorganisms and
plant nutrients, 14 (2000) 55
Integrated arable farming system
Temporal variations in microbial biomass C and cellulolytic
enzyme activity in arable soils: effects of organic matter input, 13
(1999) 209
Irrigation
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231
Isoptera
Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization
and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soilfeeding termites, 13 (1999) 219
JIP-test
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169
Lablab purpureus
Dependence of promiscuous soybean and herbaceous legumes
on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to bradyrhizobial
inoculation in low P soils, 13 (1999) 251
Landscape
Soil quality: an indicator of sustainable land management? 15
(2000) 75
Laterite soil
Soil application of insecticides influences microorganisms and
plant nutrients, 14 (2000) 55
Legumes
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191
Lignin
Translating science into action for agricultural development in
the tropics: an example from decomposition studies, 14 (2000) 1

Lochmaea suturalis
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in heath soil
under intact Calluna, after heather beetle infestation and nitrogen
fertilization, 13 (1999) 187
Low molecular weight organic acids
The role of low molecular weight organic acids from decomposing rye in inhibiting root-knot nematode populations in soil, 15
(2000) 243
Lumbricus terrestris
Microfungal communities in soil, litter and casts of Lumbricus
terrestris L. (Lumbricidae): a laboratory experiment, 14 (2000) 17
Lupin
Soil biota and crop residue decomposition during summer and
autumn in south-western Australia, 14 (2000) 111
Maize
The inconsistent effect of soil disturbance on colonization of
roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a test of the inoculum density
hypothesis, 14 (2000) 147
Characteristics and energetic strategies of the rhizosphere in
ecosystems of the BornhoÈved Lake district, 15 (2000) 201
Malus
Mycorrhizal inoculation enhances growth and nutrient uptake of
micropropagated apple rootstocks during weaning in commercial
substrates of high nutrient availability, 15 (2000) 113
Martiodrilus carimaguensis
Soil surface macrofaunal communities associated with earthworm casts in grasslands of the Eastern Plains of Colombia, 13
(1999) 87
Maturity index
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a
soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13
(1999) 69
Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode)
Survival and infection of root-knot nematodes added to soil
amended with rye at different stages of decomposition and cropped
with cotton, 13 (1999) 231

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The role of low molecular weight organic acids from decomposing rye in inhibiting root-knot nematode populations in soil, 15
(2000) 243

Microplants
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233

Metabiosis
Does soil biodiversity depend upon metabiotic activity and
influences? 13 (1999) 151

Micropropagated rootstocks
Effects of in vivo mycorrhization on micropropagated fruit tree
rootstocks, 15 (2000) 105

Microarthropods
Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing chestnut oak (Quercus
prinus L.) in mesic temperate and tropical forest, 13 (1999) 169

Micropropagation
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99
In vitro and post vitro inoculation of micropropagated Rhododendrons with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, 15 (2000) 125
The effect of inoculation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
microplants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on tuber yield and
tuber size distribution, 15 (2000) 137

Microbial activity
Soil carbon, microbial activity and nitrogen availability in
agroforestry systems on moderately alkaline soils in northern India,
15 (2000) 283
Microbial biomass
Temporal variations in microbial biomass C and cellulolytic
enzyme activity in arable soils: effects of organic matter input, 13
(1999) 209
Soil carbon, microbial activity and nitrogen availability in
agroforestry systems on moderately alkaline soils in northern India,
15 (2000) 283
Microbial diversity
%G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA
reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in
UK upland grasslands, 14 (2000) 125
In search of biological indicators for soil health and disease
suppression, 15 (2000) 13
Microbial eco-physiology
Characteristics and energetic strategies of the rhizosphere in
ecosystems of the BornhoÈved Lake district, 15 (2000) 201
Microbial inoculation
Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and other
microbial inoculants (Azospirillum, Pseudomonas, Trichoderma)
and their effects on microbial population and enzyme activities
in the rhizosphere of maize plants, 15 (2000) 261
Microbial interactions
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99
Microbial molecular ecology
Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities differing in
degree of proximity of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens roots,
13 (1999) 127

Microscopy
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257
Microsymbionts
Interrelations between Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogenfixers and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of alfalfa
in sterile, AMF-free or normal soil conditions, 15 (2000) 159
Mineral fertiliser
Earthworm populations in a cool and wet district as affected by
tractor traffic and fertilisation, 13 (1999) 237
Minimum data set
Fostering soil stewardship through soil quality assessment, 15
(2000) 61
Modeling
Simulated patterns of litter decay predict patterns of extracellular enzyme activities, 14 (2000) 71
Molecular ecology
Opening the black box of soil microbial diversity, 13 (1999) 109
Molecular microbial ecology
Methods for assessing the composition and diversity of soil
microbial communities, 15 (2000) 25
Mouldboard ploughing
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135

Microbial population
Soil application of insecticides influences microorganisms and
plant nutrients, 14 (2000) 55

Mucuna pruriens
Dependence of promiscuous soybean and herbaceous legumes
on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to bradyrhizobial
inoculation in low P soils, 13 (1999) 251

Microbial succession
In search of biological indicators for soil health and disease
suppression, 15 (2000) 13

Mulch
Influence of mulch and soil compaction on earthworm cast
properties, 14 (2000) 223

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The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49
Multivariate analysis
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231

Mycorrhiza
The inconsistent effect of soil disturbance on colonization of
roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a test of the inoculum density
hypothesis, 14 (2000) 147
Effectiveness of indigenous and non-indigenous isolates of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils from degraded ecosystems
and man-made habitats, 14 (2000) 201
The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99
Interrelations between Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogenfixers and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of
alfalfa in sterile, AMF-free or normal soil conditions, 15 (2000)
159
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253
Mycorrhizal colonization
Dependence of promiscuous soybean and herbaceous legumes
on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to bradyrhizobial
inoculation in low P soils, 13 (1999) 251
Mycorrhization
Effects of in vivo mycorrhization on micropropagated fruit tree
rootstocks, 15 (2000) 105
Mycorrhization of vitroplants raised from somatic embryos of
cork oak (Quercus suber L.), 15 (2000) 119
N mineralization
Translating science into action for agricultural development in
the tropics: an example from decomposition studies, 14 (2000) 1
Nematode community
Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes
of a soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices, 13 (1999) 69
Nematode community structure
Diversity and distribution of nematode communities in grasslands from Romania in relation to vegetation and soil characteristics,
14 (2000) 27

Nematode parasites
Influence of weather and time of deposition on sheep faeces
colonization by nematophagous fungi in the Mata region of Minas
Gerais State, Brazil, 14 (2000) 63
Nematode trophic structure
Effects of soil compaction on the relationships between nematodes, grass production and soil physical properties, 14 (2000) 213
Nematodes
Effects of altered soil-water availability on a tallgrass prairie
nematode community, 13 (1999) 45
Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments, 13 (1999) 137
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic `hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass, 14
(2000) 37
Relationships between abiotic and biotic soil properties during
fallow periods in the sudanian zone of Senegal, 14 (2000) 89
Nematophagous fungi
Influence of weather and time of deposition on sheep faeces
colonization by nematophagous fungi in the Mata region of Minas
Gerais State, Brazil, 14 (2000) 63
Nitrate reductase
Effects of increased nitrate availability on the control of plant
pathogenic fungi by the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, 15 (2000)
227
Nitrification
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in heath soil
under intact Calluna, after heather beetle infestation and nitrogen
fertilization, 13 (1999) 187
Nitrogen
Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing chestnut oak (Quercus
prinus L.) in mesic temperate and tropical forest, 13 (1999) 169
Soil biota and crop residue decomposition during summer and
autumn in south-western Australia, 14 (2000) 111
A soil microbial community structural-functional index: the
microscopy-based total/active/active fungal/bacterial (TA/AFB)
biovolumes ratio, 14 (2000) 257
Nitrogen assimilation efficiency
Quantification of nitrogen assimilation efficiencies and their use
to estimate organic matter consumption by the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L., 13 (1999)
199
Nitrogen fixation
Nodulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) roots in the presence of native and inoculated rhizobia strains, 13 (1999) 39
Effects of benzidine and benzidine analogues on the growth and
nitrogenase activity of Azotobacter, 14 (2000) 183
Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia
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Nitrogen mineralization
Soil carbon, microbial activity and nitrogen availability in
agroforestry systems on moderately alkaline soils in northern India,
15 (2000) 283

Pathogenic fungi
Impact of soil health management practices on soilborne
pathogens, nematodes and root diseases of vegetable crops, 15
(2000) 37

Nodulation
Nodulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) roots in the
presence of native and inoculated rhizobia strains, 13 (1999)
39
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191
The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49

PCA
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135
PCR±DGGE Biolog
Effect of an Alcaligenes faecalis inoculant strain on bacterial
communities in flooded soil microcosms planted with rice seedlings,
15 (2000) 211

Non-plant feeding nematodes
Successional trends in the characteristics of soil nematode
communities in cropped and fallow lands in Senegal (Sonkorong),
14 (2000) 5

Penetration resistance
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135

On-farm research
Fostering soil stewardship through soil quality assessment, 15
(2000) 61

People-centered development
Soil health: research, practice and policy for a more regenerative
agriculture, 15 (2000) 85

Organic farming
Earthworm populations in a cool and wet district as affected by
tractor traffic and fertilisation, 13 (1999) 237

Perennial crops
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57

Organic matter
Quantification of nitrogen assimilation efficiencies and their use
to estimate organic matter consumption by the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L., 13 (1999)
199
Relationships between abiotic and biotic soil properties during
fallow periods in the sudanian zone of Senegal, 14 (2000) 89
Paenibacillus sp. strain B2
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and
effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soilborne pathogenic fungi, 15 (2000) 191
Panmetabiosis
Does soil biodiversity depend upon metabiotic activity and
influences? 13 (1999) 151
Parthenogenesis
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103

Pesticides
Toxicity and possible food-chain effects of copper, dimethoate
and a detergent (LAS) on a centipede (Lithobius mutabilis) and its
prey (Musca domestica), 13 (1999) 177
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191
PGPR
Endophytic communities of rhizobacteria and the strategies
required to create yield enhancing associations with crops, 15
(2000) 183
Phosphorus
Mycorrhizal inoculation enhances growth and nutrient uptake of
micropropagated apple rootstocks during weaning in commercial
substrates of high nutrient availability, 15 (2000) 113

Participatory
Fostering soil stewardship through soil quality assessment, 15
(2000) 61

Photosystem II behaviour
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169

Pasteurization
The inconsistent effect of soil disturbance on colonization of
roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a test of the inoculum density
hypothesis, 14 (2000) 147

Phytophthora parasitica
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and
effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soilborne pathogenic fungi, 15 (2000) 191

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Pigs
Soil response to canopy position and feral pig disturbance
beneath Quercus agrifolia on Santa Cruz Island, California, 14
(2000) 269

Potato minitubers
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145

Pine sawdust
Fungal communities in fallow soil before and after amending
with pine sawdust, 14 (2000) 177

Potato seed-tuber production
The effect of inoculation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
microplants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on tuber yield and
tuber size distribution, 15 (2000) 137

Plant disease
The effect of slash/mulch and alleycropping bean production
systems on soil microbiota in the tropics, 15 (2000) 49
Plant feeding nematodes
Successional trends in the characteristics of soil nematode
communities in cropped and fallow lands in Senegal (Sonkorong),
14 (2000) 5
Plant nutrients
Soil application of insecticides influences microorganisms and
plant nutrients, 14 (2000) 55
Plant nutrition
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic `hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass, 14
(2000) 37
Plant parasitic index
Successional trends in the characteristics of soil nematode
communities in cropped and fallow lands in Senegal (Sonkorong),
14 (2000) 5
Plant propagation
Mycorrhizal inoculation enhances growth and nutrient uptake of
micropropagated apple rootstocks during weaning in commercial
substrates of high nutrient availability, 15 (2000) 113
Plant±microbe±soil interactions
Grazing impacts on the spatial distribution of soil microbial
biomass around tussock grasses in a tropical grassland, 13 (1999)
259
Plant-parasitic nematodes
Impact of soil health management practices on soilborne pathogens, nematodes and root diseases of vegetable crops, 15 (2000) 37
PLFA analysis
Methods for assessing the composition and diversity of soil
microbial communities, 15 (2000) 25

Predators
Toxicity and possible food-chain effects of copper, dimethoate
and a detergent (LAS) on a centipede (Lithobius mutabilis) and its
prey (Musca domestica), 13 (1999) 177
Propagule
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253
Protozoa
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic `hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass, 14
(2000) 37
Pueraria
Distribution patterns of the litter macrofauna in agroforestry and
monoculture plantations in central Amazonia as affected by plant
species and management, 13 (1999) 57
Quercus agrifolia
Soil response to canopy position and feral pig disturbance
beneath Quercus agrifolia on Santa Cruz Island, California, 14
(2000) 269
RAPD fingerprints
Genetic polymorphism in nine clones of a parthenogenetic
collembolan used in ecotoxicological testing, 14 (2000) 103
rDNA
Methods for assessing the composition and diversity of soil
microbial communities, 15 (2000) 25
Receptiveness
Receptiveness of some tropical soils from banana fields in
Martinique to the arbuscular fungus Glomus intraradices, 15
(2000) 253

Polyphenols
Translating science into action for agricultural development in
the tropics: an example from decomposition studies, 14 (2000) 1

Red stele
Stimulation of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) arbuscular
mycorrhizas by addition of shellfish waste to the growth substrate:
interaction between mycorrhization, substrate amendment and susceptibility to red core (Phytophthora fragariae), 15 (2000) 153

Potato cyst nematodes
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the hatch of potato cyst
nematodes, 15 (2000) 233

Reduced tillage
Effects of reduced tillage and liming on microbial activity and
soil properties in a weakly-structured soil, 14 (2000) 135

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Redundancy analysis
Effects of spring precipitation on a temperate arable collembolan
community analysed using Principal Response Curves, 14 (2000)
231
Regenerative agriculture
Soil health: research, practice and policy for a more regenerative
agriculture, 15 (2000) 85
Resilience
In search of biological indicators for soil health and disease
suppression, 15 (2000) 13
Rhizobacteria
Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities differing in
degree of proximity of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens roots,
13 (1999) 127
Rhizobia
Nodulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) roots in the presence of native and inoculated rhizobia strains, 13 (1999) 39
Rhizobium
Evaluation of the diversity of rhizobia in Brazilian agricultural
soils cultivated with soybeans, 13 (1999) 159
The impact of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing symbioses in legumes, 14 (2000) 191
Rhizosphere
Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities differing in
degree of proximity of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens roots,
13 (1999) 127
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99
Synergistic and antagonistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Azospirillum and Rhizobium nitrogen-fixers on the photosynthetic activity of alfalfa, probed by the polyphasic chlorophyll a
fluorescence transient O-J-I-P, 15 (2000) 169
Rhizosphere bacteria
Response of micropropagated potatoes transplanted to peat
media to post-vitro inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
and soil bacteria, 15 (2000) 145
Rhizosphere health
Endophytic communities of rhizobacteria and the strategies
required to create yield enhancing associations with crops, 15
(2000) 183
Rhizosphere populations
Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and other
microbial inoculants (Azospirillum, Pseudomonas, Trichoderma)
and their effects on microbial population and enzyme activities
in the rhizosphere of maize plants, 15 (2000) 261
Root
The Beneficial Rhizosphere: a dynamic entity, 15 (2000) 99

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Root distribution
Effects of soil compaction on the relationships between nematodes, grass production and soil physical properties, 14 (2000) 213
Root fungi
Effects of number of winter wheat crops grown successively on
fungal communities on wheat roots, 13 (1999) 271
Root growth
Characteristics and energetic strategies of the rhizosphere in
ecosystems of the BornhoÈved Lake district, 15 (2000) 201
Ruminants
Influence of weather and time of deposition on sheep faeces
colonization by nematophagous fungi in the Mata region of Minas
Gerais State, Brazil, 14 (2000) 63
16S rDNA phylogenetic diversity
Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities differing in
degree of proximity of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens roots,
13 (1999) 127
Scutellospora calospora
Effects of in vivo mycorrhization on micropropagated fruit tree
rootstocks, 15 (2000) 105
Secale cereale (rye)
Survival and infection of root-knot nematodes added to soil
amended with rye at different stages of decomposition and cropped
with cotton, 13 (1999) 231
The role of low molecular weight organic acids from decomposing rye in inhibiting root-knot nematode populations in soil, 15
(2000) 243
Shannon eveness
Successional trends in the characteristics of soil nematode
communities in cropped and fallow lands in Senegal (Sonkorong),
14 (2000) 5
SIR
Soil biota and crop residue decomposition during summer and
autumn in south-western Australia, 14 (2000) 111
Soil abiotic factors
Relationships between abiotic and biotic soil properties during
fallow periods in the sudanian zone of Senegal, 14 (2000) 89
Soil amendment
The role of low molecular weight organic ac