Nitrogen isotopes as a screening tool to determine the growing regimen of some organic and nonorganic supermarket produce from New Zealand

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4078-4083

  Rogers, Karyne M ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon; Fertilizer; Isotope; Manure; Nitrogen; Organic; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; LEGUME; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

FABACEAE; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH FOOD; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 47049125023     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800797w     Document Type: Article

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