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Research Article

Long-term Fertilization with Liquid Cattle Manure Leaves Legacy Nutrients, but not Organic Carbon and Has No Effect on Soil Microbial and Physical Properties a Year after Last Application

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Pages 1264-1274 | Received 28 Sep 2020, Accepted 03 Dec 2020, Published online: 19 Feb 2021

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