Geographical Origin and Nutrient Analysis of Plants Using Stable Isotopes and Chemometrics

Dear Colleagues,

Stable isotope analyses are popular tools for plant origin discrimination. It has been applied to geographical origin verification of plants such as crops, fruit, and tea. Stable isotope combined with chemometrics can effectively reveal the geographical origin and nutritional composition of plants, as well as the influence by environmental factors, providing a key scientific basis for agriculture, ecology, and food science fields. This Special Issue aims to gather the latest advances in the use of stable isotopes and chemometrics to study plant geographical origin and nutrient composition.

The theme covers, but is not limited to, the following directions:

1. Application of stable isotopes in plant geographic origin and/or nutritional analysis, including authenticity identification of plant-based foods;
2. The relationship between plant stable isotopes and/or nutrients and environmental factors;
3. Application and optimization of chemometrics in plant geographic origin and/or nutritional analysis.

We welcome you to actively submit a manuscript!

Dr. Chunlin Li
Dr. Xing Liu
Dr. Feifei Gao
Guest Editors

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