Measurement of the nitrogen content of plant breeding material using a Carlo Erba Nitrogen Analyser
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 103 (2) , 471-473
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600047468
Abstract
The measurement of the nitrogen (N) content of plant material, used as an assessment of protein concentration, is important in determining the quality of various crops for feeding and processing. The generally accepted reference procedure for the direct measurement of N is the Kjeldahl method (Horwitz, 1980), first introduced 100 years ago (Kjeldahl, 1883). Recently a number of alternative direct (Williams et al. 1978) and indirect (Starr, Morgan & Smith, 1981) methods have become available.Keywords
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