Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 587-595

  Joy, Edward J M ^a,b   Broadley, Martin R ^a   Young, Scott D ^a   Black, Colin R ^a   Chilimba, Allan D C ^c   Ander, E Louise ^b   Barlow, Thomas S ^b   Watts, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Crop composition; Geochemistry; Malawi; Mineral micronutrient deficiencies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ESSENTIAL MINERALS; FOOD COMPOSITIONS; MALAWI; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL MICRONUTRIENTS; NONCALCAREOUS SOILS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; SELENIUM; ZINC; SOIL;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; MINERAL RESOURCE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TYPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CROP; FOOD COMPOSITION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MAIZE; MALAWI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORINGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

MALAWI;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MALAWI; MINERALS; SOIL;

EID: 84911092323     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.038     Document Type: Article

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