Physical and microbial root-zone factors underlying tomato wilt in long-term biofloc aquaponic systems

• Shima Rezaei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Margaret Otto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6466-3274

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• Qichen Wang,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Wellington Arthur,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7742-2258

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• Deepak Shantharaj,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Kelly Sullivan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Daniel Wells,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Horticulture, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Neha Potnis,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-5894

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• Brendan T. Higgins

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

  * E-mail: bth0023@auburn.edu

  Affiliation Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-9612

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