Nitrogen isotopic signature of vegetables from the Slovenian market and its suitability as an indicator of organic production

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-220

  Šturm, Martina ^a   Lojen, Sonja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Food control; Isotope ecology; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Nitrogen; Nitrogen 15; Organic vegetable production

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC FARMING; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; SLOVENIA; VEGETABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FOOD, ORGANIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SLOVENIA; VEGETABLES;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 79958096018     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.570865     Document Type: Article

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