Soil Science & Plant Nutrition
The official journal of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Edited by:
Toru Matoh, Shinya Funakawa, and Masanori Saito
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 25/49 Agronomy; 18/31 Soil Science
Impact Factor: 1.152
Soil Science & Plant Nutrition is the official English journal of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN), and publishes original research and reviews in soil physics, chemistry and mineralogy; soil biology; plant nutrition; soil genesis; classification and survey; soil fertility; fertilizers and soil amendments; and environment; socio-cultural soil science. The Journal publishes full length papers, short papers, and invited reviews. Manuscript Submission is welcome via Manuscript Central.
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Soil and humanity: Culture, civilization, livelihood and health
Katsuyuki MINAMI
Phosphite (phosphorous acid): Fungicide, fertilizer or bio-stimulator?
Hoang Thi Bich THAO, Takeo YAMAKAWA
Characteristics and issues related to regional-scale modeling of nitrogen flows
Sonoko D. KIMURA, Ryusuke HATANO, Masanori OKAZAKI
Nature of the 'occluded' low-density fraction in soil organic matter studies: A critical review
Rota WAGAI, Lawrence M. MAYER, Kanehiro KITAYAMA
Ecology of viruses in soils: Past, present and future perspectives
Makoto KIMURA, Zhong-Jun JIA, Natsuko NAKAYAMA, Susumu ASAKAWA
Various players in the nitrogen cycle: Diversity and functions of the microorganisms involved in nitrification and denitrification
Masahito HAYATSU, Kanako TAGO, Masanori SAITO
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Congratulations to the 7th SSPN award winner:
Transgenic rice lines that include barley genes have increased tolerance to low iron availability in a calcareous paddy soil
Motofumi Suzuki, Kendi Claudio Morikawa, Hiromi Nakanishi, Michiko Takahashi, Masahiko Saigusa, Satoshi Mori, Naoko K. Nishizawa
The list of preceding SSPN awardees is published in the editorial. Click here to learn detail.
Most downloaded articles published in 2008
Various players in the nitrogen cycle: Diversity and functions of the microorganisms involved in nitrification and denitrification
Masahit Hayatsu, Kanako Tago, Masanori Saito
Ecology of viruses in soils: Past, present and future perspectives
Makoto Kimura, Zhong-Jun Jia, Natsuko Nakayama, Susumu Asakawa
Effect of foliar fertilization application on the growth and mineral nutrient content of maize seedlings under drought and salinity
Yuncai Hu, Zoltan Burucs, Urs Schmidhalter
Analysis of bacterial communities on alkaline phosphatase genes in soil supplied with organic matter
Michihiko Sakurai, Jun Wasaki, Yuiko Tomizawa, Takuro Shinano, Mitsuru Osaki
Organic acid accumulation under flooded soil conditions in relation to the incorporation of wheat and rice straws with different C:N ratios
Yujua Shan, Zucong Cai, Yong Han, Sarah E. Johnson, Roland J. Buresh
Composition of humic acids with respect to the degree of humification in cultivated soils with and without manure application as assessed by fractional precipitation
Shigeki Kawasaki, Nagamitsu Maie, Akira Watanabe
Effect of cadmium on the chemical composition of xylem exudate from oilseed rape plants (Brassica napus L.)
Shin-ichi Nakamura, Chieko Akiyama, Takashi Hattori, Mitsuo Chino
Transgenic rice lines that include barley genes have increased tolerance to low iron availability in a calcareous paddy soil
Motofumi Suzuki, Kendi Claudio Morikawa, Hiromi Nakanishi, Michiko Takahashi, Masahiko Saigusa, Satoshi Mori, Naoko K. Nichizawa
Influence of crop rotation system on the spatial and temporal variation of the soil organic carbon budget in northern Kazakhstan
Yusuke Takata, Shinya Funakawa, Junta Yanai, Azusa Mishima, Kanat Akshalov, Norio Ishida, Takashi Kosaki
Most downloaded articles published in 2007
Heterogeneity of neutral phosphate buffer extractable soil organic matter
Kae MIYAZAWA and Tohru MURAYAMA
Application of near infrared spectroscopy for estimating available nitrogen in poultry manure compost
Takayuki FUJIWARA and Keiichi MURAKAMI
Changes in fungal community structure in bulk soil and spinach rhizosphere soil after chemical fumigation as revealed by 18S rDNA PCR-DGGE
Yuko Takada HOSHINO and Naoyuki MATSUMOTO
Methane emissions from five paddy fields with different amounts of rice straw application in central Hokkaido, Japan
Habib Mohammad NASER, Osamu NAGATA, Satsuki TAMURA and Ryusuke HATANO
Characteristics of newly isolated ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from acid sulfate soil and the rhizoplane of leucaena grown in that soil
Kazuo SATOH, Chieko ITOH, Dong-Jin KANG, Hiroaki SUMIDA, Reiji TAKAHASHI, Katsunori ISOBE, Satohiko SASAKI and Tatsuaki TOKUYAMA
Quantitative estimation of the contribution of the phloem in cadmium transport to grains in rice plants (Oryza sativa L.)
Kensuke TANAKA, Shu FUJIMAKI, Toru FUJIWARA, Tadakatsu YONEYAMA and Hiroaki HAYASHI
Effect of inoculation with a strain of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes isolated from the endorhizosphere of Salicornia europea on salt tolerance of the glasswort
Takashi OZAWA, Jianmei WU and Shuhei FUJII
Differential uptake of dieldrin and endrin from soil by several plant families and Cucurbita genera
Takashi OTANI, Nobuyasu SEIKE and Yoshiteru SAKATA
Monosaccharide composition of four humus fractions in an Andosol and a Cambisol
Kazuhito ITOH, Akira WATANABE, Kiyoshi TSUTSUKI and Shozo KUWATSUKA
Succession and phylogenetic composition of eubacterial communities in rice straw during decomposition on the surface of paddy field soil
Naoko ASARI, Rie ISHIHARA, Yasunori NAKAJIMA, Makoto KIMURA and Susumu ASAKAWA
