Annual variation of natural 15N abundance in tea leaves and its practicality as an organic tea indicator

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 10317-10321

  Hayashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ujihara, Tomomi ^a   Tanaka, Eri ^b   Kishi, Yasuhiro ^b   Ogawa, Hideyuki ^b   Matsuo, Hirofumi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Saitama Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^c Tea Branch Facility   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N value; organic fertilizer; organic tea

Indexed keywords

N VALUE; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC TEA; TEA LEAVES; TEA PLANTS;

FERTILIZERS;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FOOD, ORGANIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS;

EID: 80053112195     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf202215z     Document Type: Article

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