Life cycle assessment of vegetable products: A review focusing on cropping systems diversity and the estimation of field emissions

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1247-1263

  Perrin, Aurélie ^a   Basset Mens, Claudine ^a   Gabrielle, Benoît ^b  

^a Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Emissions; Greenhouse; Life cycle assessment; Open field systems; Reactive nitrogen; Typology of cropping systems; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD QUALITY; GREENHOUSE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84902546680     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0724-3     Document Type: Article

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