Microbiological methods for assessing soil quality / edited by Jaap Bloem, Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands, David W. Hopkins, University of Stirling,UK and Anna Benedetti, Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Rome, Italy.

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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006Copyright date: 2006Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:

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Introduction / Anna Benedetti and Oliver Dilly -- Defining Soil Quality / Richard G. Burns, Paolo Nannipieri, Anna Benedetti and David W. Hopkins -- Monitoring and Evaluating Soil Quality / Jaap Bloem, Anton J. Schouten, Søren J. Sørensen, Michiel Rutgers, Adri van der Werf and Anton M. Breure -- Managing Soil Quality / Michael Schloter, Jean Charles Munch and Fabio Tittarelli -- Concluding Remarks / Anna Benedetti, Philip C. Brookes and James M. Lynch -- Microbial Biomass and Numbers -- Estimating Soil Microbial Biomass / Andreas Flieβbach and Franco Widmer -- Microbial Biomass Measurements by Fumigation-Extraction / Philip C. Brookes and Rainer Georg Joergensen -- Substrate-induced Respiration / Heinrich Höper -- Enumeration and Biovolume Determination of Microbial Cells / Manfred Bölter, Jaap Bloem, Klaus Meiners and Rolf Möller -- Soil Microbial Activity -- Estimating Soil Microbial Activity / Oliver Dilly -- Soil Respiration / Mikael Pell, John Stenström and Ulf Granhall -- Soil Nitrogen Mineralization / Stefano Canali and Anna Benedetti -- Nitrification in Soil / Annette Bollmann -- Thymidine and Leucine Incorporation to Assess Bacterial Growth Rate / Jaap Bloem and Popko R. Bolhuis -- N2O Emissions and Denitrification from Soil / Ulrike Sehy, Michael Schloter, Hermann Bothe and Jean Charles Munch -- Enzyme Activity Profiles and Soil Quality / Liz J. Shaw and Richard G. Burns -- Soil Microbial Diversity and Community Composition -- Estimating Soil Microbial Diversity and Community Composition / Jan Dirk van Elsas and Michiel Rutgers -- Soil Microbial Community Fingerprinting Based on Total Community DNA or RNA / Jan Dirk van Elsas, Eva M. Top and Kornelia Smalla -- Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA) Analyses / Ansa Palojärvi -- Substrate Utilization in BiologTM Plates for Analysis of CLPP / Michiel Rutgers, Anton M. Breure and Heribert Insam -- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Soil Quality -- Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere / Philippe Lemanceau, Pierre Offre, Christophe Mougel, Elisa Gamalero, Yves Dessaux, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz and Graziella Berta -- Nodulating Symbiotic Bacteria and Soil Quality / Alain Hartmann, Sylvie Mazurier, Dulce N. Rodríguez-Navarro, Francisco Temprano Vera, Jean-Claude Cleyet-Marel, Yves Prin, Antoine Galiana, Manuel Fernández-López, Nicolás Toro and Yvan Moënne-Loccoz -- Contribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza to Soil Quality and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology / Silvio Gianinazzi, Emmanuelle Plumey-Jacquot, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson and Corinne Leyval -- Concepts and Methods to Assess the Phytosanitary Quality of Soils / Claude Alabouvette, Jos Raaijmakers, Wietse de Boer, Régina Notz, Geneviève Défago, Christian Steinberg and Philippe Lemanceau -- Free-living Plant-beneficial Microorganisms and Soil Quality / Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, Sheridan L. Woo, Yaacov Okon, René Bally, Matteo Lorito, Philippe Lemanceau and Anton Hartmann -- Census of Microbiological Methods for Soil Quality / Oliver Dilly.

Abstract: This book provides a selection of microbiological methods that are already applied in regional or national soil quality monitoring programmes. It is presented in two parts: (1) gives an overview of approaches to monitoring, evaluating and managing soil quality; and (2) provides the detailed methods to use this book as a practical handbook in the laboratory. The methods are described in chapters on soil microbial biomass and numbers, soil microbial activity, soil microbial diversity and community composition, plant-microbe interactions and soil quality. Finally, a census is given of the main methods used in over 30 European laboratories. This book will be of significant use to postgraduate students and researchers in soil science and microbiology, and to policy makers and land managers.

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This book provides a selection of microbiological methods that are already applied in regional or national soil quality monitoring programmes. It is presented in two parts: (1) gives an overview of approaches to monitoring, evaluating and managing soil quality; and (2) provides the detailed methods to use this book as a practical handbook in the laboratory. The methods are described in chapters on soil microbial biomass and numbers, soil microbial activity, soil microbial diversity and community composition, plant-microbe interactions and soil quality. Finally, a census is given of the main methods used in over 30 European laboratories. This book will be of significant use to postgraduate students and researchers in soil science and microbiology, and to policy makers and land managers.

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Microbiological methods for assessing soil quality / edited by Jaap Bloem, Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands, David W. Hopkins, University of Stirling,UK and Anna Benedetti, Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Rome, Italy.