Rapid and accurate analyses of silicon and phosphorus in plants using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 699-706

  Reidinger, Stefan ^a   Ramsey, Michael H ^b   Hartley, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elemental analysis; Herbage; Phosphorus (P); Portable X ray fluorescence spectrometry (P XRF); Silicon (Si)

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGESTION; PHOSPHORUS; SAMPLING; SILICON; SOLUBILIZATION; VOLATILIZATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOLIUM; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARD; TIME; WHEAT;

FLUORESCENCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOLIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84863777812     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04179.x     Document Type: Article

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