Sampling, defining, characterising and modeling the rhizosphere-the soil science tool box

Plant and Soil

Volumn 321, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 457-482

  Luster, Jörg ^a   Göttlein, Axel ^b   Nowack, Bernd ^c   Sarret, Géraldine ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Imaging; Isotope probing; Microcosms; Soil solution; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROCOSM; MODEL TEST; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL SCIENCE; SOIL WATER; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACER;

EID: 77950339143     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9781-3     Document Type: Review

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