Effects of Biochar on Soil Microbial Biomass after Four Years of Consecutive Application in the North China Plain

Qing-zhong Zhang; Feike A. Dijkstra; Xing-ren Liu; Yi-ding Wang; Jian Huang; Ning Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102062

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Effects of Biochar on Soil Microbial Biomass after Four Years of Consecutive Application in the North China Plain

Qing-zhong Zhang ,

* E-mail: ecologyouth@126.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Australian Joint Laboratory For Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Feike A. Dijkstra,

Affiliation Centre for Carbon, Water and Food, Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
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Xing-ren Liu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Australian Joint Laboratory For Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yi-ding Wang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Australian Joint Laboratory For Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Jian Huang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Australian Joint Laboratory For Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Ning Lu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Australian Joint Laboratory For Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Effects of Biochar on Soil Microbial Biomass after Four Years of Consecutive Application in the North China Plain

Qing-zhong Zhang,
Feike A. Dijkstra,
Xing-ren Liu,
Yi-ding Wang,
Jian Huang,
Ning Lu

Published: July 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102062

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