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Legacy of microplastics on plant-soil feedbacks
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This is a dataset supporting research on how microplastics of different shapes and polymer types affect plant-soil feedback processes. The dataset covers multiple plastic shapes (fibers, films, foams, fragments) across three polymer types.
Shape ( different microplastic shapes) Polymers ( each shape contain 3 different polymer types)
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