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Khuram Shehzad Khan1, Artemi Cerdà2, Tajwar Alam3

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.

Journal of Environmental Management
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Keywords:
Microbial communityNitrogen inputOrganic carbon fractionsSoil aggregate stabilitySoil carbon sequestration

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