Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land

Chiming Gu; Yi Liu; Ibrahim Mohamed; Runhua Zhang; Xiao Wang; Xinxin Nie; Min Jiang; Margot Brooks; Fang Chen; Zhiguo Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168384

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Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land

Chiming Gu,

Affiliations Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China, Graduate School, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
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Yi Liu,

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Ibrahim Mohamed,

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Runhua Zhang,

Affiliation Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, China
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Xiao Wang,

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Xinxin Nie,

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Min Jiang,

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Margot Brooks,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Fang Chen ,

* E-mail: fchen@ipni.ac.cn (FC); lzg250@126.com (ZL)

Affiliations Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China, China Program of International Plant Nutrition Institute, Wuhan, China
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Zhiguo Li

* E-mail: fchen@ipni.ac.cn (FC); lzg250@126.com (ZL)

Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences China, Wuhan, China
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Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land

Chiming Gu,
Yi Liu,
Ibrahim Mohamed,
Runhua Zhang,
Xiao Wang,
Xinxin Nie,
Min Jiang,
Margot Brooks,
Fang Chen,
Zhiguo Li

Published: December 28, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168384

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