Influence of N doses and form on 15N natural abundance of pepper plants: Considerations for using δ 15N values as indicator of N source

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2255-2258

  Flores, Pilar ^a   Murray, Phil J ^b   Hellín, Pilar ^a   Fenoll, Jose ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b Cross Institute Programme for Sustainable Soil Function North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N; Ammonium; Conventional; N source; Nitrate; Organic

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTROL; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC FOOD; PEPPER; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

ALGORITHMS; CAPSICUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FERTILIZERS; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD, ORGANIC; FRUIT; MANURE; NITRATES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80051863548     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4447     Document Type: Article

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