Farm and product carbon footprints of China’s fruit production—life cycle inventory of representative orchards of five major fruits

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 4681-4691

  Yan, Ming ^a   Cheng, Kun ^a   Yue, Qian ^a   Yan, Yu ^a   Rees, Robert M ^c   Pan, Genxing ^a,b,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Fruit production; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Low carbon management; N fertilizer; Orchard

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CULTIVAR; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARM; FERTILIZER; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; ORCHARD; POLICY MAKING; VITAMIN;

CHINA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PYRUS;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; FERTILIZERS; FRUIT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NITROGEN;

EID: 84959112576     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5670-5     Document Type: Article

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