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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
10981
World Ranking
2819
National Ranking
282

Best Publications

  • Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long-term fertilization practices

    Ji-zheng He;Ju-pei Shen;Li-mei Zhang;Yong-guan Zhu

  • Manure acts as a better fertilizer for increasing crop yields than synthetic fertilizer does by improving soil fertility.

    Andong Cai;Minggang Xu;Boren Wang;Wenju Zhang

  • Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China

    Zhanguo Bai;Thomas Caspari;Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez;Niels H. Batjes

  • Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growth to soil contaminated with microplastics.

    Fanrong Meng;Xiaomei Yang;Michel Riksen;Minggang Xu

  • Soil organic carbon active fractions as early indicators for total carbon change under straw incorporation

    Minggang Xu;Yilai Lou;Xiaolin Sun;Wei Wang

  • Intensified soil acidification from chemical N fertilization and prevention by manure in an 18-year field experiment in the red soil of southern China

    Zejiang Cai;Boren Wang;Minggang Xu;Huimin Zhang

  • Evaluation of different phosphate amendments on availability of metals in contaminated soil.

    Shibao Chen;Minggang Xu;Yibing Ma;Juncheng Yang

  • Effects of organic amendments on soil carbon sequestration in paddy fields of subtropical China

    Wenju Zhang;Minggang Xu;Xiujun Wang;Xiujun Wang;Qinhai Huang

  • Nitrogen use efficiency in a wheat-corn cropping system from 15 years of manure and fertilizer applications

    Yinghua Duan;Minggang Xu;Suduan Gao;Xueyun Yang

  • Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and grain yields under long-term fertilizations in the upland red soil of southern China

    Wenju Zhang;Minggang Xu;Boren Wang;Xiujun Wang

  • Effects of biochar application on crop productivity, soil carbon sequestration, and global warming potential controlled by biochar C:N ratio and soil pH: A global meta-analysis

    Hu Xu;Andong Cai;Dong Wu;Guopeng Liang

  • Response of soil phoD phosphatase gene to long-term combined applications of chemical fertilizers and organic materials

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  • Long-term fertilization effects on organic carbon fractions in a red soil of China.

    Xiaogang Tong;Minggang Xu;Xiujun Wang;Ranjan Bhattacharyya

  • Crop yield and soil responses to long-term fertilization on a red soil in southern China.

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  • Return rate of straw residue affects soil organic C sequestration by chemical fertilization

    Yilai Lou;Minggang Xu;Wei Wang;Xiaolin Sun

  • Model-Based Analysis of the Long-Term Effects of Fertilization Management on Cropland Soil Acidification.

    Mufan Zeng;Wim de Vries;Luc T. C. Bonten;Qichao Zhu;Qichao Zhu

  • Mechanisms for increasing soil resistance to acidification by long-term manure application

    Ren-yong Shi;Zhao-dong Liu;Yu Li;Taiming Jiang

  • Long-term effects of manure and chemical fertilizers on soil antibiotic resistome

    Wan-Ying Xie;Shuang-Ting Yuan;Ming-Gang Xu;Xin-Ping Yang

  • Chemical fertilizers could be completely replaced by manure to maintain high maize yield and soil organic carbon (SOC) when SOC reaches a threshold in the Northeast China Plain

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  • Changes in soil microbial biomass with manure application in cropping systems: A meta-analysis

    Fengling Ren;Nan Sun;Meng Xu;Xubo Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Li-Mei Zhang
Li-Mei Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ju-Pei Shen
Ju-Pei Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences

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