Table Of Content

Contents Volume 209 (1999) Fluxes of CH, and N;O in aspen stands grown under ambient and twice-ambient CO; P. Ambus and G.P. Robertson Salinity-yield response functions of barley genotypes assessed with a triple line source sprinkler system A. Royo and R. Aragües The management of rice straw, fertilisers and leaf litters in rice cropping systems in Northeast Thailand K. Naklang, A. Whitbread, R. Lefroy, G. Blair, S. Wonprasaid, Y. Konboon and D. Suriya-arunroj The management of rice straw, fertilisers and leaf litters in rice cropping systems in Northeast Thailand A. Whitbread, G. Blair, K. Naklang, R. Lefroy, S. Wonprasaid, Y. Konboon and D. Suriya-arunroj Red oak litter promotes a microarthropod functional group that accelerates its decom- position R.A. Hansen Response of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) to an unequal distribution of salts in the root environment C. Sonneveld and C. de Kreij Modelling of the dynamics of Al and protons in the rhizosphere of maize cultivated in acid substrate H. Calba, P. Cazevieille and B. Jaillard Element concentrations in the boreal forest moss Hylocomium splendens: variation related to gradients in vegetation and local environmental factors T. Okland, R.H. Okland and E. Steinnes Nutritional status of a Norway spruce stand in SW Sweden in response to compensatory fertilization N. Salih and F. Andersson Maximum axial root growth pressure in pea seedlings: effects of measurement tech- niques and cultivars L.J. Clark, A.G. Bengough, W.R. Whalley, A.R. Dexter and P.B. Barraclough Nitrogen uptake and root morphological responses of defoliated Lolium perenne (L.) to a heterogeneous nitrogen supply L. A. Mackie-Dawson 111-118 1317 Depletion of soil mineral N by roots of Cucumis sativus L. colonized or not by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi A. Johansen 119-127 Simple stereological procedure to estimate the number and dimensions of root hairs D. Wulfsohn and J.R. Nyengaard 129-136 Persistence of tree related patterns in soil nutrients following slash-and-burn disturb- ance in the tropics I.C. Dockersmith, C.P. Giardina and R.L. Sanford, Jr 137-156 Does water and phosphorus uptake limit leaf growth of Rhizoctonia-infected wheat seedlings? J.A. Kirkegaard, R. Munns, R.A. James and S.M. Neate Fractal analysis of the root architecture of Gliricidia sepium for the spatial prediction of root branching, size and mass: model development and evaluation in agroforestry H. Ozier-Lafontaine, F. Lecompte and J.F. Sillon 167-180 Nitrogen nutrition in nodulated field plants of the shrub tea legume Aspalathus linearis assessed using ‘°N natural abundance M.L. Muofhe and F.D. Dakora 181-186 Effect of iron plaque outside roots on nutrient uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.): Phos- phorus uptake X. Zhang, F. Zhang and D. Mao 187-192 Fine-root growth, mortality and heavy metal concentrations in limed and fertilized Pinus silvestris (L.) stands in the vicinity of a Cu-Ni smelter in SW Finland H.-S. Helmisaari, K. Makkonen, M. Olsson, A. Viksna and E. Mälkönen Calibration of minirhizotron readings against root length density data obtained from soil cores J.E. Ephrath, M. Silberbush and PR. Berliner Soil solution chemistry in the rhizosphere of roots of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) as influenced by lime M.R. Bakker, A. Dieffenbach and J. Ranger Effects of silicon on enzyme activity and sodium, potassium and calcium concentration in barley under salt stress Y. Liang 217-224 The uptake of copper by plants dominantly growing on copper mining spoils along the Yangtze River, the People's Republic of China S. Tang, B.-M. Wilke and C. Huang 225-232 Wildfire effects on carbon and nitrogen in inland coniferous forests M. Baird, D. Zabowski and R.L. Everett 233-243 Uptake of zinc by rye, bread wheat and durum wheat cultivars differing in zinc efficiency B. Erenoglu, |. Cakmak, V. Römheld, R. Derici and Z. Rengel 245-252 The effect of dazomet and fosetyl-Aluminium on indigenous and introduced arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in commercial strawberry production G.L. Mark and A.C. Cassells 253-261 Phosphorus nutritional effects on root hydraulic conductance, xylem water flow and flux of magnesium and calcium in squash plants T.M. Reinbott and D.G. Blevins 263-273 Effect of soil type and plant species on the fluorescent pseudomonads nitrate dissim- ilating community A. Clays-Josserand, J.F. Ghiglione, L. Philippot, P. Lemanceau and R. Lensi 275-282 Effects of phosphorus nutrition on tiller emergence in wheat D. Rodriguez, F.H. Andrade and J. Goudriaan 283-295 Plant induced alteration in the rhizosphere and the utilisation of soil heterogeneity M. Schöttelndreier and U. Falkengren-Grerup 297-309 Volume contents 311-313 Author index 314