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Guopeng Zhou, Songjuan Gao, Danna Chang, Katsu-yoshi Shimizu, Weidong Cao
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Tingting Ma, Guopeng Zhou, Jia Liu, Xiaofen Chen, Guilong Li, Wenjing Qin, Danna Chang, Xingjia Xiang
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Yun Wang, Hai Liang, Shun Li, Zihan Zhang, Yulin Liao, Yanhong Lu, Guopeng Zhou, Songjuan Gao, Jun Nie, Weidong Cao
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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Ting Liang, Guopeng Zhou, Danna Chang, Yikun Wang, Songjuan Gao, Jun Nie, Yulin Liao, Yanhong Lu, Chunqin Zou, Weidong Cao
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Changyu Fang, Yajie Gao, Jianglin Zhang, Yanhong Lu, Yulin Liao, Xue Xie, Jian Xiao, Zhenyu Yu, Fangxi Liu, Haoliang Yuan, Naimei Tu, Jun Nie
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Jinsong Liang, Wenge Zheng, Haibo Zhang, Panyue Zhang, Yajing Cai, Qingyan Wang, Zeyan Zhou, Yiran Ding
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Summary: The application of straw and biochar can effectively improve microbial diversity and richness in paddy rice soil in Northeast China. The amendment with rice straw and biochar had significant impacts on the structure of soil bacterial communities, promoting the increase or decrease of certain bacterial phyla.
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Mingcheng Du, Jianyun Zhang, Guoqing Wang, Cuishan Liu, Zhenlong Wang
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Zhe Han, Chengqian Di, Muhammad Khashi u Rahman, Danmei Gao, Fengzhi Wu, Kai Pan
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Review
Agricultural Engineering
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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Review
Agricultural Engineering
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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Review
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