Organic manure input improves soil water and nutrients use for sustainable maize (Zea mays. L) productivity on the Loess Plateau

• Xiaolin Wang,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Yulin University, Yulin, Shaanxi, PR China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9760-9426

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• Jiakun Yan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Yulin University, Yulin, Shaanxi, PR China

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• Xiong Zhang ,

  Roles Project administration

  * E-mail: yulinzhang2007@126.com (XZ); sqzhang@ms.iswc.ac.cn (SQZ)

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Yulin University, Yulin, Shaanxi, PR China

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• Suiqi Zhang ,

  Roles Supervision

  * E-mail: yulinzhang2007@126.com (XZ); sqzhang@ms.iswc.ac.cn (SQZ)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dry Land Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, PR China

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• Yinglong Chen

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0798-8683

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