Phosphorus in Action

Soil organic phosphorus speciation by spectroscopic techniques.- Characterization of phosphorus forms in soil microorganisms.- The use of tracers to investigate phosphate cycling in soil/plant systems.- Molecular approaches to study biological phosphorus cycling.- Modelling phosphorus dynamics in the soil-plant system.- Role of mycorrhizal symbioses in phosphorus cycling.- Solubilization of phosphorus by soil microorganisms.- Role of soil macrofauna in phosphorus cycling.- Role of phosphatase enzymes in soil.- Rhizosphere processes, plant response and adaptations.- Biological phosphorus cycling in grasslands - Interactions with N.- Biological phosphorus cycling in arctic and alpine soils.- Phosphorus nutrition of forest plantations: the role of inorganic and organic phosphorus. - Phosphorus cycling in tropical forests growing on highly weathered soils.- Biological P cycling in dryland regions.- Manure management effects on phosphorus biotransformations and losses in animal production.- Management impacts on biological phosphorus cycling in cropped soils.- Phosphorus and global change.