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This work was supported by Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) award 2018-4-360731-385. We thank the three anonymous reviewers for comments and suggestions helped improve and clarify this manuscript.

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Gu, C., Margenot, A.J. Navigating limitations and opportunities of soil phosphorus fractionation. Plant Soil 459, 13–17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04552-x

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