This page provides a listing of recent CIP papers.

Fan, M-S., Zhao, F. J., Poulton, P. R. & McGrath, S. P.(2008). Historical changes in the concentrations of selenium in soil and wheat grain from the Broadbalk experiment over the last 160 years. Science of the Total Environment 389, 532-538. http://dx.doi .org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.024

Kemmitt, S. J., Lanyon, C. V., Waite, I. S., Wen, Q.,Addiscott, T. M., Bird, N. R. A., O'Donnell, A. G. & Brookes, P. C.(2008). Mineralization of native soil organic matter is not regulated by the size, activity or composition of the soil microbial biomass - a new perspective. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 61-73. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.06.021

Lin, A., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y-G. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Arsenate-induced toxicity: effects on antioxidative enzymes and DNA damage in Vicia faba. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27, 413-419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/0 7-266R.1

Powlson, D. S. & Fusuo, Z.(2008). Climate change genes. New Scientist 197(2640), 24.

Powlson, D. S., Riche, A. B., Coleman, K., Glendining, M. J. & Whitmore, A. P.(2008). Carbon sequestration in European soils through straw incorporation: limitations and alternatives. Waste Management 28, 741-746. http://dx.doi.or g/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.024

Powlson, D. S., Addiscott, T. M., Benjamin, N., Cassman, K. G.,de Kok, T. M., van Grinsven, H., L'hirondel, J-L., Avery, A. A. & van Kessel, C.(2008). When does nitrate become a risk for humans?. Journal of Environmental Quality 37, 291-295. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 4/jeq2007.0177

Brooks, D. R., Perry, J. N., Clark, S. J., Heard, M. S.,Firbank, L. G., Holdgate, R., Mason, N. S., Shortall, C. R., Skellern, M. P. & Woiwod, I. P.(2008). National-scale metacommunity dynamics of carabid beetles in UK farmland. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 265-274. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01331.x

Goulding, K. W. T., Jarvis, S. C. & Whitmore, A. P.(2008). Optimizing nutrient management for farm systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 363, 667-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1 098/rstb.2007.2177

Miller, A. J., Fan, X., Shen, Q. & Smith, S. J.(2008). Amino acids and nitrate as signals for the regulation of nitrogen acquisition. Journal of Experimental Botany 59, 111-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ jxb/erm208

Zhang, Y., Zheng, L., Liu, X., Jickells, T.,Cape, J. N., Goulding, K. W. T., Fangmeier, A. & Zhang, F.(2008). Evidence for organic N deposition and its anthropogenic sources in China. Atmospheric Environment 42, 1035-1041. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.015

Zhang, Y., Liu, X. J., Fangmeier, A., Goulding, K. W. T. & Zhang, F. S.(2008). Nitrogen inputs and isotopes in precipitation in the North China Plain. Atmospheric Environment 42, 1436-1448. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.11.002

Davies, K. G. & Hart, J. E.(2008). Fecundity and lifespan manipulations in Caenorhabditis elegans using exogenous peptides. Nematology 10, 103-112.

Jenkinson, D. S., Poulton, P. R. & Bryant, C.(2008). The turnover of organic carbon in subsoils. Part 1. Natural and bomb radiocarbon in soil profiles from the Rothamsted long-term field experiments. European Journal of Soil Science 59, 391-399. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01025.x

Jenkinson, D. S. & Coleman, K.(2008). The turnover of organic carbon in subsoils. Part 2. Modelling carbon turnover. European Journal of Soil Science 59, 400-413. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01026.x

Li, H-F., McGrath, S. P. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Selenium uptake, translocation and speciation in wheat supplied with selenate or selenite. New Phytologist 178, 92-102. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02343.x

Aciego Pietri, J. C. & Brookes, P. C.(2008). Nitrogen mineralisation along a pH gradient of a silty loam UK soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 797-802. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.10.014

Liu, M-Q., Yanai, J., Jiang, R-F., Zhang, F., McGrath, S. P. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Does cadmium play a physiological role in the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens ?. Chemosphere 71, 1276-1283. http://dx.d oi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.11.063

Xing, J. P., Jiang, R. F., Ueno, D., Ma, J. F., Schat, H., McGrath, S. P. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Variation in root-to-shoot translocation of cadmium and zinc among different accessions of the hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Thlaspi praecox. New Phytologist 178, 315-325. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02376.x

Bailey, D. J., Biran, G. L., Kerry, B. R. & Gilligan, C. A.(2008). Pathozone dynamics of Meloidogyne incognita in the rhizosphere of tomato plants in the presence and absence of the nematophagous fungus, Pochonia chlamydosporia. Plant Pathology 57, 354-362. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01776.x

Brookes, P. C., Cayuela, M. L., Contin, M., De Nobili, M., Kemmitt, S. J. & Mondini, C.(2008). The mineralisation of fresh and humified soil organic matter by the soil microbial biomass. Waste Management 28, 716-722. http://dx.doi.or g/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.015

De Nobili, M., Contin, M., Mahieu, N., Randall, E. W. & Brookes, P. C.(2008). Assessment of chemical and biochemical stabilization of organic C in soils from the long-term experiments at Rothamsted (UK). Waste Management 28, 723-733. http://dx.doi.or g/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.025

Han, W-Y., Ma, L-F., Shi, Y-Z., Ruan, J-Y. & Kemmitt, S. J.(2008). Nitrogen release dynamics and transformation of slow release fertiliser products and their effects on tea yield and quality. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88, 839-846. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j sfa.3160

Hoyle, F. C., Murphy, D. V. & Brookes, P. C.(2008). Microbial response to the addition of glucose in low-fertility soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 44, 571-579. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s00374-007-0237-3

Miller, A. J. & Smith, S. J.(2008). Cytosolic nitrate ion homeostasis: could it have a role in sensing nitrogen status?. Annals of Botany 101, 485-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ aob/mcm313

Pringle, M. J., Baxter, S. J., Marchant, B. P. & Lark, R. M.(2008). Spatial analysis of the error in a model of soil nitrogen. Ecological Modelling 211, 453-467. http://dx.doi .org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.09.021

Hildalgo-Diaz, L. & Kerry, B. R.(2008). Integration of biological control with other methods of nematode management. In Integrated management and biocontrol of vegetable and grain crops nematodes A. Ciancio & K. G. Mukerji, eds, 29-49. Springer, Dordrecht.

Pretty, J., Smith, G., Goulding, K. W. T., Groves, S. J.,Henderson, I., Hine, R. E., King, V., van Oostrum, J., Pendlington, D. J., Vis, J. K. & Walter, C.(2008). Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability I: indicators, methodology and pilot farm results. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6, 37-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3 763/ijas.2007.0322

Pretty, J., Smith, G., Goulding, K. W. T., Groves, S. J.,Henderson, I., Hine, R. E., King, V., van Oostrum, J., Pendlington, D. J., Vis, J. K. & Walter, C.(2008). Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability II: outcomes for peas (UK), spinach (Germany, Italy), tomatoes (Australia, Brazil, Greece, USA), tea (Kenya, Tanzania, India) and oil palm (Ghana). International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6, 63-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3 763/ijas.2007.0323

Ueno, D., Iwashita, T., Zhao, F. J. & Ma, J. F.(2008). Characterization of Cd translocation and identification of the Cd form in xylem sap of the Cd-hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri. Plant and Cell Physiology 49(4), 540-548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ pcp/pcn026

Clark, I. M. & Hirsch, P. R.(2008). Survival of bacterial DNA and culturable bacteria in archived soils from the Rothamsted Broadbalk experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 1090-1102. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.11.021

Del Prado, A. & Scholefield, D.(2008). Use of SIMSDAIRY modelling framework system to compare the scope on the sustainability of a dairy farm of animal and plant genetic-based improvements with management-based changes. Journal of Agricultural Science 146, 195-211. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1017/S0021859608007727

Gowen, S., Davies, K. G. & Pembroke, B.(2008). Potential use of Pasteuria spp. in the management of plant parasitic nematodes. In Integrated management and biocontrol of vegetable and grain crops nematodes A. Ciancio & K. G. Mukerji, eds, 205-219. Springer, Dordrecht.

Whalley, W. R., Watts, C. W., Gregory, A. S., Mooney, S. J., Clark, L. J. & Whitmore, A. P.(2008). The effect of soil strength on yield of wheat. Plant and Soil 306, 237-247. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s11104-008-9577-5

Griffiths, B. S., Hallett, P. D., Kuan, H. L., Gregory, A. S., Watts, C. W. & Whitmore, A. P.(2008). Functional resilience of soil microbial communities depends on both soil structure and microbial community composition. Biology and Fertility of Soils 44, 745-754. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s00374-007-0257-z

Lehmann, J., Solomon, D., Zhao, F. J. & McGrath, S. P.(2008). Atmospheric SO2 emissions since the late 1800s change organic sulfur forms in humic substance extracts of soils. Environmental Science and Technology 42, 3550-3555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/e s702315g

Davies, K. G., Rowe, J. A. & Williamson, V. M.(2008). Inter- and intra-specific cuticle variation between amphimictic and parthenogenetic species of root-knot nematode (Meliodogyne spp.) as revealed by a bacterial parasite (Pasteuria penetrans). International Journal for Parasitology 38, 851-859. http://dx.doi.or g/10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.11.007

Lark, R. M.(2008). Science on the Normandy beaches: J. D. Bernal and the prediction of soil trafficability for Operation Overlord. Soil Survey Horizons 49, 12-15.

Syers, J. K., Johnston, A. E. & Curtin, D.(2008). Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use: reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information (FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 18). 108pp. FAO, Rome.

Bilotta, G. S., Brazier, R. E., Haygarth, P. M., Macleod, C. J. A.,Butler, P., Granger, S., Krueger, T., Freer, J. & Quinton, J.(2008). Rethinking the contribution of drained and undrained grasslands to sediment-related water quality problems. Journal of Environmental Quality 37, 906-914. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 4/jeq2007.0457

Chaudri, A. M., McGrath, S. P., Gibbs, P., Chambers, B.,Carlton-Smith, C., Bacon, J., Campbell, C. & Aitken, M.(2008). Population size of indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum bivar trifoli in long-term field experiments with sewage sludge cake, metal-amended liquid sludge or metal salts: effects of zinc, copper and cadmium. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 1670-1680. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.01.026

Clark, L. J., Ferraris, S., Price, A. H. & Whalley, W. R.(2008). A gradual rather than abrupt increase in soil strength gives better root penetration of strong layers. Plant and Soil 307, 235-242. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s11104-008-9602-8

Henderson, B. L., Webster, R. & McKenzie, N. J.(2008). Statistical analysis. In Guidelines for surveying soil and land resources, 2nd ed N. J. McKenzie, M. J. Grundy, R. Webster & A. J. Ringrose-Voase, eds, 327-347. CSIRO, Melbourne.

McKenzie, N. J., Grundy, M. J., Webster, R. & Ringrose-Voase, A. J. (eds)(2008). Guidelines for surveying soil and land resources, 2nd ed. 557pp. CSIRO, Melbourne.

McKenzie, N. J., Webster, R. & Ryan, P. J.(2008). Sampling using statistical methods. In Guidelines for surveying soil and land resources, 2nd ed N. J. McKenzie, M. J. Grundy, R. Webster & A. J. Ringrose-Voase, eds, 319-326. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Neal, A. L.(2008). What can be inferred from bacterium-nanoparticle interactions about the potential consequences of environmental exposure to nanoparticles?. Ecotoxicology 17, 362-371. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s10646-008-0217-x

Papadopoulos, A., Bird, N. R. A., Mooney, S. J. & Whitmore, A. P.(2008). Fractal analysis of pore roughness in images of soil using the slit island method. Vadose Zone Journal 7, 456-460. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 6/vzj2007.0017

Tarquis, A. M., Bird, N. R. A., Whitmore, A. P., Cartagena, M. C. & Pachepsky, Y.(2008). Multiscale entropy-based analysis of soil transect data. Vadose Zone Journal 7, 563-569. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 6/vzj2007.0039

Tolhurst, T. J., Watts, C. W., Vardy, S., Saunders, J. E., Consalvey, M. C. & Paterson, D. M.(2008). The effects of simulated rain on the erosion threshold and biogeochemical properties of intertidal sediments. Continental Shelf Research 28, 1217-1230. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1016/j.csr.2008.01.005

Webster, R.(2008). Geostatistics. In Guidelines for surveying soil and land resources, 2nd ed N. J. McKenzie, M. J. Grundy, R. Webster & A. J. Ringrose-Voase, eds, 369-382. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Chadwick, D., Fish, R., Oliver, D. M., Heathwaite, L., Hodgson, C. & Winter, M.(2008). Management of livestock and their manure to reduce the risk of microbial transfers to water - the case for an interdisciplinary approach. Trends in Food Science and Technology 19, 240-247. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.tifs.2008.01.011

Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Xu, X-Y., Su, Y-H., McGrath, S. P. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA105, 9931-9935. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1073/pnas.0802361105

Rowe, J. A. & Manzanilla Lopez, R. H.(2008). The microscopic ice age. Rothamsted Research, UK. 6-11 April 2008. Infocus Magazine Issue 10, 114-115.

Dungait, J. A. J., Briones, M. J. I., Bol, R. & Evershed, R. P.(2008). Enhancing the understanding of earthworm feeding behaviour via the use of fatty acid delta13C values determined by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1643-1652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3455

Dungait, J. A. J., Stear, N. A., van Dongen, B. E., Bol, R. & Evershed, R. P.(2008). Off-line pyrolysis and compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of lignin moieties: a new method for determining the fate of lignin residues in soil. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1631-1639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3454

Fangueiro, D., Senbayran, M., Trindade, H. & Chadwick, D.(2008). Cattle slurry treatment by screw press separation and chemically enhanced settling: effect on greenhouse gas emissions after land spreading and grass yield. Bioresource Technology 99, 7132-7142. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.biortech.2007.12.069

Fangueiro, D., Chadwick, D. & Bol, R.(2008). Assessment of the potential N mineralization of different particle-size fractions in two dairy cattle slurries. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 171, 313-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1 002/jpln.200700226

Fangueiro, D., Pereira, J., Chadwick, D., Coutinho, J., Moreira, N. & Trindade, H.(2008). Laboratory assessment of the effect of cattle slurry pre-treatment on organic N degradation after soil application and N2O and N2 emissions. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 80, 107-120. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s10705-007-9124-4

Gordon, H., Haygarth, P. M. & Bardgett, R. D.(2008). Drying and rewetting effects on soil microbial community composition and nutrient leaching. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 302-311. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.008

Granger, S. J., Heaton, T. H. E., Bol, R., Bilotta, G. S., Butler, P., Haygarth, P. M. & Owens, P. N.(2008). Using delta15N and delta18O to evaluate the sources and pathways of NO3 in rainfall event discharge from drained agricultural grassland lysimeters at high temporal resolutions. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1681-1689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3505

Harrison, K. A., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R. D.(2008). Do plant species with different growth strategies vary in their ability to compete with soil microbes for chemical forms of nitrogen?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 228-237. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.004

Harrison, K. A., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R. D.(2008). Preferences for different nitrogen forms by coexisting plant species and soil microbes: reply. Ecology 89, 879-880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0 7-1579.1

Hill, R. A., Smith, K., Russell, K., Misselbrook, T. H. & Brookman, S.(2008). Emissions of ammonia from weeping wall stores and earth-banked lagoons determined using passive sampling and atmospheric dispersion modelling. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 59, 83-98. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s10874-007-9077-7

Jarvie, H. P., Haygarth, P. M., Neal, C., Butler, P.,Smith, B., Naden, P. S., Joynes, A., Neal, M.,Wickham, H., Armstrong, L., Harman, S. & Palmer-Felgate, E. J.(2008). Stream water chemistry and quality along an upland-lowland rural land-use continuum, south west England. Journal of Hydrology 350, 215-231. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.040

Lopez-Capel, E., Krull, E. S., Bol, R. & Manning, D. A. C.(2008). Influence of recent vegetation on labile and recalcitrant carbon soil pools in central Queensland, Australia: evidence from thermal analysis-quadrupole mass spectrometry-isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1751-1758. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3538

Monaco, S., Hatch, D. J., Sacco, D., Bertora, C. & Grignani, C.(2008). Changes in chemical and biochemical soil properties induced by 11-year repeated additions of different organic materials in maize-based forage systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 608-615. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.015

Powell, J. M., Misselbrook, T. H. & Casler, M. D.(2008). Season and bedding impacts on ammonia emissions from tie-stall dairy barns. Journal of Environmental Quality 37, 7-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 4/jeq2007.0282

Powell, J. M., Broderick, G. A. & Misselbrook, T. H.(2008). Seasonal diet affects ammonia emissions from tie-stall dairy barns. Journal of Dairy Science 91, 857-869. http://dx.doi.org/10.31 68/jds.2007-0588

Reidy, B., Dammgen, U., Dohler, H., Eurich-Menden, B.,van Evert, F. K., Hutchings, N. J., Luesink, H. H., Menzi, H., Misselbrook, T. H., Monteny, G-J. & Webb, J.(2008). Comparison of models used for national agricultural ammonia emission inventories in Europe: liquid manure systems. Atmospheric Environment 42, 3452-3464. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.009

Sanz-Cobena, A., Misselbrook, T. H., Arce, A., Mingot, J. I., Diez, J. A. & Vallejo, A.(2008). An inhibitor of urease activity effectively reduces ammonia emissions from soil treated with urea under Mediterranean conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 126, 243-249. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.agee.2008.02.001

Senbayram, M., Dixon, L., Goulding, K. W. T. & Bol, R.(2008). Long-term influence of manure and mineral nitrogen applications on plant and soil 15N and 13C values from the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1735-1740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3548

Smith, R. S., Shiel, R. S., Bardgett, R. D., Millward, D.,Corkhill, P., Evans, P., Quirk, H., Hobbs, P. J. & Kometa, S. T.(2008). Long-term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 670-679. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01425.x

Turnbull, L., Brazier, R. E., Wainwright, J., Dixon, L. & Bol, R.(2008). Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1697-1702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3514

Weber, P., Bol, R., Dixon, L. & Bardgett, R. D.(2008). Large old trees influence patterns of delat13C and delta15N in forests. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1627-1630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rc m.3433

Bol, R., Ostle, N. J., Petzke, K. J., Chenu, C. & Balesdent, J.(2008). Amino acid 15N in long-term bare fallow soils: influence of annual N fertilizer and manure applications. European Journal of Soil Science 59, 617-629. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01013.x

Xu, X. Y., McGrath, S. P., Meharg, A. A. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Growing rice aerobically markedly decreases arsenic accumulation. Environmental Science and Technology 42, 5574-5579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/e s800324u

Curtis, R. H. C.(2008). Plant-nematode interactions: environmental signals detected by the nematode's chemosensory organs control changes in the surface cuticle and behaviour. Parasite 15, 310-316.

Hellsten, S., Dragosits, U., Place, C. J., Vieno, M.,Dore, A. J., Misselbrook, T. H., Tang, Y. S. & Sutton, M. A.(2008). Modelling the spatial distribution of ammonia emissions in the UK. Environmental Pollution 154, 370-379. http://dx.doi.or g/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.017

Minasny, B., McBratney, A. B. & Lark, R. M.(2008). Digital soil mapping technologies for countries with sparse data infrastructures. In Digital soil mapping with limited data A. E. Hartemink, A. B. McBratney & M. de L. Mendonca-Santos, eds, 15-30. Springer, Heidelberg.

Richter, G. M., Riche, A. B., Dailey, A. G., Gezan, S. A. & Powlson, D. S.(2008). Is UK biofuel supply from Miscanthus water-limited?. Soil Use and Management 24, 235-245. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00156.x

Aciego Pietri, J. C. & Brookes, P. C.(2008). Relationships between soil pH and microbial properties in a UK arable soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 1856-1861. http://dx.doi.o rg/10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.03.020

Atkinson, M. D., Kettlewell, P. S., Poulton, P. R. & Hollins, P. D.(2008). Grain quality in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment and the winter North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge146, 541-549. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1017/S0021859608007958

Gimbert, L. J., Haygarth, P. M. & Worsfold, P. J.(2008). Application of flow field-flow fractionation and laser sizing to characterize soil colloids in drained and undrained lysimeters. Journal of Environmental Quality 37, 1656-1660. http://dx.doi.org/10.213 4/jeq2007.0583

Matthews, G. P., Watts, C. W., Powlson, D. S., Price, J. C. & Whalley, W. R.(2008). Wetting of agricultural soil measured by a simplified capillary rise technique. European Journal of Soil Science 59, 817-823. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01039.x

Ogilvie, L. A., Hirsch, P. R. & Johnston, A. W. B.(2008). Bacterial diversity of the Broadbalk 'Classical' winter wheat experiment in relation to long-term fertilizer inputs. Microbial Ecology 56, 525-537. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1007/s00248-008-9372-0

Su, Y. H., McGrath, S. P., Zhu, Y. G. & Zhao, F. J.(2008). Highly efficient xylem transport of arsenite in the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata. New Phytologist 180, 434-441. http://dx.do i.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02584.x

Fountain, M. T., Brown, V. K., Gange, A. C., Symondson, W. O. C. & Murray, P. J.(2008). Multitrophic effects of nutrient addition in upland grassland. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98, 283-292. http://dx.doi.org/1 0.1017/S000748530700555X

Lehmann, J. & Sohi, S.(2008). Comment on "Fire-derived charcoal causes loss of forest humus". Science 321, 1295. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1126/science.1160005