Abstract
The contents of this Rhizosphere Thematic Issue were mainly contributions at the International ‘Rhizosphere Congress 2004’ in Munich, Germany from 12–17 September 2004. This congress was dedicated to the centenary of Lorenz Hiltner's definition of the rhizosphere in 1904. Dr Lorenz Hiltner was director of the Royal Agriculture-Botanical Institute in Munich (later Bavarian Institute of Plant Growth and Plant Protection) from 1902–1923 and Professor of Soil Bacteriology at the Technical University, Munich. At a meeting of the German Agricultural Society (Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft) in Eisenach (Thuringia) in April 1904 he was invited to present a lecture on recent advances in soil bacteriology. There, he defined for the first time the term ‘rhizosphere’ as the …
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