Can silicon applied to correct soil acidity in combination with Azospirillum brasilense inoculation improve nitrogen use efficiency in maize?

• Fernando Shintate Galindo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Paulo Humberto Pagliari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Salatiér Buzetti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Willian Lima Rodrigues,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• José Mateus Kondo Santini,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Higher Education Institute of Rio Verde, College Objetivo, Rio Verde, Goiás, Brazil

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• Eduardo Henrique Marcandalli Boleta,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Poliana Aparecida Leonel Rosa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Edson Lazarini,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mcmtf@yahoo.com.br

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Rural Engineering, and Soils, São Paulo State University, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2303-3465

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