Chemical differences in cover crop residue quality are maintained through litter decay

• Resham Thapa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rthapa1@tnstate.edu, reshambt1@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0059-764X

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• Miguel Cabrera,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Harry H. Schomberg,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Chris Reberg-Horton,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-106X

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• Hanna Poffenbarger,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Steven B. Mirsky

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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