Comparing nutritional value and yield as functional units in the environmental assessment of horticultural production with organic or mineral fertilization : the case of Mediterranean cauliflower production

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-26

  Martínez Blanco, Julia ^a   Antón, Assumpció ^b,c   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,d   Castellari, Massimo ^b   Muñoz, Pere ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost; Food products; Functional unit; Life cycle assessment; Mineral fertilizers; Nutritional compounds

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLUCOSINOLATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SINAPIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CAULIFLOWER; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HORTICULTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 79951678987     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0238-6     Document Type: Article

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