Manipulation of the rhizosphere microbial community through application of a new bio-organic fertilizer improves watermelon quality and health

Jia Zhao; Jiang Liu; Hong Liang; Jing Huang; Zhe Chen; Yuanjun Nie; Changbiao Wang; Yuguo Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192967

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Manipulation of the rhizosphere microbial community through application of a new bio-organic fertilizer improves watermelon quality and health

Jia Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Zhao, Jiang Liu, Hong Liang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Center, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Jiang Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Zhao, Jiang Liu, Hong Liang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Hong Liang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Zhao, Jiang Liu, Hong Liang

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Jing Huang,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Zhe Chen,

Roles Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Yuanjun Nie,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economy, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Changbiao Wang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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Yuguo Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yuguowangtg@126.com

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, Shanxi, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-1078

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Manipulation of the rhizosphere microbial community through application of a new bio-organic fertilizer improves watermelon quality and health

Jia Zhao,
Jiang Liu,
Hong Liang,
Jing Huang,
Zhe Chen,
Yuanjun Nie,
Changbiao Wang,
Yuguo Wang

Published: February 16, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192967

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