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Code Experiment type Location Feedstock Plant Year Start Experiment duration Reference 1 2 3 4 field field field field Houay-Khot, Laos Long-Or, Laos Seng-Oudom, Laos Somusa-Nuck, Laos wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue upland rice upland rice upland rice upland rice unknown unknown unknown unknown 1 season 1 season 1 season 1 season Asai et al. (2009) Asai et al. (2009) Asai et al. (2009) Asai et al. (2009) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 field field field pot field field field field Long-Sang, Laos Empoli, Italy Beano, Italy Italy Walkaway, Australia Templers, Australia Shea-Oak Log, Australia Moora, Australia wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue wood residue upland rice wheat maize ryegrass wheat wheat wheat wheat unknown 2007 2008 unknown unknown 2008 2008 2008 1 season 1 season 1 season 2 months 1 season 1 season 1 season 1 season Asai et al. (2009) Baronti et al. (2010) Baronti et al. (2010) Baronti et al. (2010) Blaclwell et al. (2010) Blaclwell et al. (2010) Blaclwell et al. (2010) Blaclwell et al. (2010) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 pot pot field field field field pot pot Menagle NSW, Australia Australia Miyago, Japan Miyago, Japan Jiangsu, China Jiangsu, China Hawaii, USA Hawaii, USA wood and straw poultry litter Bagasse biosolids wheat straw wheat straw wood wood radish radish sugarcane sugarcane rice wheat lettuce maize unknown unknown 2005 2005 2009 2009 unknown unknown 6 weeks 6 weeks 1 season 1 season 2 seasons 2 seasons 4-6 weeks 4-6 weeks Chan et al. (2007) Chan et al. (2008) Chen et al. (2010) Chen et al. (2010) Cui et al. (2011) Cui et al. (2012) Deenik et al. (2010) Deenik et al. (2010) 21 22 23 24 field field pot pot Goettinggen, Germany Goettinggen, Germany Germany Germany sugar beet pulp beer draff sugar beet pulp beer draff sugar beet sugar beet sugar beet sugar beet 2010 2010 unknown unknown 1 season 1 season 4 weeks 4 weeks Gajić and Koch (2012) Gajić and Koch (2012) Gajić and Koch (2012) Gajić and Koch (2012) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 field field field field field field field field pot Georgia, USA Georgia, USA Georgia, USA Georgia, USA UK IRRI, Philippines Siniloan, Philipines Ubon, Thailand UK Peanut Hull wood residue Peanut Hull wood residue unknownn rice husk rice husk rice husk wood residue maize maize maize maize barley rice rice rice miscanthus 2006 2006 2006 2006 2008 2005 2005 2005 unknown 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 1 season 3 years 6 seasons 3 years 4 seasons 3 years 2 seasons 30 days Gaskin et al. (2010) Gaskin et al. (2010) Gaskin et al. (2010) Gaskin et al. (2010) Gathorne-Haedy et al. (2009) Haefele et al. (2011) Haefele et al. (2011) Haefele et al. (2011) Hartley et al. (2009) 34 35 36 37 pot pot pot pot UK UK Camden, Australia China wood residue wood residue wood residue corn stover miscanthus miscanthus tomato ryegrass unknown unknown unknown unknown 31 days 8 months 16 weeks 3 months Hartley et al. (2009) Hartley et al. (2009) Hossain et al. (2010) Hua et al. (2010) 38 39 40 41 pot field field field Zhejiang, China Jiangsu, China Hunan, China Fujian, China wheat straw municipal waste wheat straw wheat straw ryegrass rice rice rice unknown 2010 2011 2011 55 days 1 season 1 season 1 season Huang et al. (2011) In the first authors' group In the first authors' group In the first authors' group 42 43 44 45 field field field field Guangxi, China Shandong, Chian Shanxi, China Malang,Indonesia wheat straw wheat straw wheat straw farm yard manure rice maize maize cassava 2011 2011 2011 2009 1 season 1 season 1 season 2 years 2 seasons In the first authors' group In the first authors' group In the first authors' group Islami et al. (2011) 46 47 48 49 50 field field field field field Malang,Indonesia Malang,Indonesia Malang,Indonesia Malang,Indonesia Malang,Indonesia cassava stem farm yard manure cassava stem farm yard manure cassava stem cassava maize maize peanut peanut 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons 2 years 2 seasons Islami et al. (2011) Islami et al. (2011) Islami et al. (2011) Islami et al. (2011) Islami et al. (2011) 51 52 field field Abergwyngegyn, UK Vihiga, Kenya Lincoln University, New Zealand Brazil Idaho, USA Zhejiang, China wood wood residue maize maize 2009 2005 3 years 1 season Jones et al. (2012) Kimetu et al. (2008) 53 pot wood ryegrass 2010 4 months Knowles et al. (2011) 54 55 56 pot field field wood residue wood residue bamboo cowpea maize rice unknown 2008 2009 45 days 2 years 2 seasons 1 season Lehmanm et al. (2003) Lentz and Ippolito (2011) Liu (2011) 57 58 59 60 field field field field rice straw wheat straw wheat straw wheat straw rice rice rice rice 2009 2010 2010 2010 1 season 1 season 2 seansons 2 seansons Liu (2011) Liu et al. (2012) Liu et al. (2012) Liu et al. (2012) wood residue maize 2003 4 years 4 seasons Major et al. (2010) pot pot field pot Zhejiang, China Sichuan, China Hunan, China Jiangxi, China Llanos-Orientales, Colombia Indonesia Sydney, Australia Embrapa, Brazil Colombia 61 field 62 63 64 65 rice husk wood wood residue wood residue rice maize upland rice rice unknown unknown 2001 unknown 45 days 10 weeks 1 season 10 weeks Masulili et al. (2010) Namgay et al. (2010) Nehls 2002 Noguera et al. (2010) 66 67 68 69 pot pot field pot Colombia Colombia Ejura, Ghana Australia charcoal wood residue wood chicken manure rice rice maize mustard unknown unknown unknown unknown 10 weeks 11 weeks 1 season 5 weeks Noguera et al. (2010) Noguera et al. (2010) Oguntunde et al. (2004) Park et al. (2011) 70 71 72 73 pot field pot pot Australia Changsha, China New Delhi, India New Delhi, India greenwaste wheat straw charcoal charcoal mustard rice moong soybean unknown 2010 unknown unknown 5 weeks 1 season 8 weeks 16 weeks Park et al. (2011) Peng et al. (2011) Iswaran et al. (1980) Iswaran et al. (1980) 74 pot New Delhi, India charcoal pea unknown 16 weeks Iswaran et al. (1980) 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 pot pot pot pot pot pot pot pot pot Germany USA USA USA USA USA USA USA Colombia beet root chips corn stover Hazelnut shell wood residue Dairy manure Food \waste Paper waste manure and sawdust wood residue beet maize maize maize maize maize maize maize bean unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown 5 weeks 46 days 46 days 46 days 46 days 46 days 46 days 46 days 75 days Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rilling et al. (2010) Rondon et al. (2007) 84 85 86 87 pot pot field field Egypt USA Pindar, Australia Amazonas, Brazil rice husk sorghum biomass wood residue wood residue wheat sorghum wheat sorghum unknown unknown 2005 2001 unknown 45 days 1 season 2 years Saleh et al. (2011) Schnell et al. (2011) Solaiman et al. (2010) Steiner et al. (2007) 88 89 90 field field field wood residue coconut shell cattle dung rice maize maize 2001 2010 2 years 2 seasons 1 year 2 seasons 1 year 2 seasons Steiner et al. (2008) Sukartono et al. (2011) Sukartono et al. (2011) 91 pot Manaus, Brazil Lombok, Indonesia Lombok, Indonesia Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand manure soybean 2010 5 months Suppadit et al. (2012) 92 field Canterbury, New Zealand wood residue ryegrass 2009 2 months 93 pot New Zealand wood residue ryegrass unknown 30 days 94 pot New Zealand wood residue ryegrass unknown 25 days 95 96 pot pot Gifu, Japan Gifu, Japan chicken manure municipal waste soybean soybean 2007 2007 5 months 5 months Taghizadeh-Toosi et al. (2011) Taghizadeth-Toosi et al. (2012a) Taghizadeth-Toosi et al. (2012b) Tagoe et al. (2008) Tagoe et al. (2008) 97 field pot field field pot Xinjiang, China Maripasoula, French Guiana Xinjiang, China Toscana, Italy Toscana, Italy NSW, Australia wheat straw maize 2010 1 season Tang et al. (2011) 98 field wood bean 2001 1 season Topoliantz et al. (2005) 99 100 101 102 cow manure wood residue wood residue wood residue maize wheat wheat wheat unknown 2008 2009 unknown 85 days 2 years 2 seasons 1 season 65 days Uzoma et al. (2011) Vaccari et al. (2011) Vaccari et al. (2011) van Zwieten et al. (2010a) 103 104 105 106 pot pot pot pot NSW, Australia Australia Australia Australia wood residue sludge and wood sludge and wood sludge and wood radish wheat soybean radish unknown unknown unknown unknown 64 days 56 days 56 days 42 days van Zwieten et al. (2010a) van Zwieten et al. (2010b) van Zwieten et al. (2010b) van Zwieten et al. (2010b) 107 108 109 110 pot pot pot pot Nanjing, China Nanjing, China Manawatu, New Zealand Manawatu, New Zealand Rice husk Rice husk manure and sludge wood and sludge rice wheat ryegrass ryegrass unknown unknown unknown unknown 1 season 1 season 19 weeks 19 weeks Wang et al. (2012) Wang et al. (2012) Wang et al. (2012) Wang et al. (2012) 111 112 pot pot wood residue peanut shell plantain plantain unknown unknownn 30 days 30 days Warnock et al. (2010) Warnock et al. (2010) 113 field wood residue savanah grass 2005 8 months Warnock et al. (2010) 114 115 field field USA USA Llanos-Orientales, Colombia South Sumatra, Indonesia South Sumatra, Indonesia bark bark maize cowpea 2003 2004 1 season 1 season Yamato et al. (2006) Yamato et al. (2006) 116 117 118 119 field field field field South Sumatra, Indonesia South Sumatra, Indonesia South Sumatra, Indonesia South Sumatra, Indonesia bark bark bark bark peanut maize cowpea peanut 2004 2004 2004 2004 1 season 1 season 1 season 1 season Yamato et al. (2006) Yamato et al. (2006) Yamato et al. (2006) Yamato et al. (2006) 120 field South Sumatra, Indonesia bark maize 2004 1 season Yamato et al. (2006) 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 field pot pot pot field pot pot field field South Sumatra, Indonesia Ayuom, Ghana Kwadaso, Ghana Adelaide, Australia Jiangsu, China Jiangsu, China China Jiangsu, China Henan, China bark wood residue wood residue wood residue wheat straw Wheat straw wheat straw wheat straw wheat straw maize maize maize onion rice maize spinach rice maize 2004 unknown unknown unknown 2009 unknown unknown 2009 2010 1 season 6 weeks 6 weeks 5 weeks 1 season unknown 50 days 2 years 2 seasons 1 season Yamato et al. (2006) Yeboah et al. (2009) Yeboah et al. (2009) Yu et al. (2009) Zhang et al. (2010a) Zhang et al. (2010b) Zhang et al. (2011) Zhang et al. (2012a) Zhang et al. 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