Carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures and nitrogen profile to identify adulteration in organic fertilizers

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 8278-8285

  Verenitch, Sergei ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adulteration; N profile; nitrogen isotopic signature; nitrogen organic fertilizers; source identification tool; synthetic fertilizers

Indexed keywords

ADULTERATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION TOOLS; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

COMPOSTING; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITROGEN; UREA;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; UREA;

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; NORTH AMERICA; PH; VISCOSITY;

AMMONIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORTH AMERICA; UREA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84865642195     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf302938s     Document Type: Article

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