Evaluation of the micronutrient composition of plant foods produced by organic and conventional agricultural methods

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-582

  Hunter, Duncan ^a   Foster, Meika ^a   Mcarthur, Jennifer O ^a   Ojha, Rachel ^a   Petocz, Peter ^b   Samman, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farming methods; Fertilizer studies; Fruits and vegetables; Nutritional composition; Organic review

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATABASE; FARMING METHODS; NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC FOODS; ORGANIC REVIEW; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOIL CONDITIONS;

VEGETABLES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

FERTILIZER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; EVALUATION; FABACEAE; FOOD ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIC FARMING; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FABACEAE; FERTILIZERS; FOOD ANALYSIS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE;

EID: 79959320269     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408391003721701     Document Type: Article

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