Publication detail

Exploring the Influence of Soil Types on the Mineral Profile of Honey: Implications for Geographical Origin Prediction

SCHMIDLOVÁ, S. JAVŮRKOVÁ, Z. TREMLOVÁ, B. HERNIK, J. PRUS, B. MARCINČÁK, S. MARCINČÁKOVÁ, D. ŠTARHA, P. ČÍŽKOVÁ, H. KRUŽÍK, V. BODOR, Z. BENEDEK, C. TITĚRA, D. BORŽÍKOVÁ, J. POSPIECH, M.

English title

Exploring the Influence of Soil Types on the Mineral Profile of Honey: Implications for Geographical Origin Prediction

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

Honey contains a wide range of inorganic substances. Their content can be influenced, i.e., by the type of soil on which the bee pasture is located. As part of this study, the mineral profile of 32 samples of honey from hobby beekeepers from the Czech Republic wasevaluated and then compared with soil types in the vicinity of the beehive location. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to express the relationship between mineral substances and soil type. There was a high correlation between antroposol and Zn (R = 0.98), Pb (R = 0.96), then between ranker and Mn (0.95), then regosol and Al (R = 0.97) (p < 0.05). A high negative correlation was found between regosol and Mg (R = -0.97), Cr (R = -0.98) and between redzinas and Al (R = -0.97) (p < 0.05). Both positive and negative high correlations were confirmed for phaeozem. The CART method subsequently proved that the characteristic elements for individual soil types are B, Ca, Mg, Ni, and Mn. The soil types of cambisol, fluvisol, gleysol, anthrosol, and kastanozem had the closest relationship with the elements mentioned, and it can therefore be assumed that their occurrence indicates the presence of these soil types within the range of beehive location.

English abstract

Honey contains a wide range of inorganic substances. Their content can be influenced, i.e., by the type of soil on which the bee pasture is located. As part of this study, the mineral profile of 32 samples of honey from hobby beekeepers from the Czech Republic wasevaluated and then compared with soil types in the vicinity of the beehive location. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to express the relationship between mineral substances and soil type. There was a high correlation between antroposol and Zn (R = 0.98), Pb (R = 0.96), then between ranker and Mn (0.95), then regosol and Al (R = 0.97) (p < 0.05). A high negative correlation was found between regosol and Mg (R = -0.97), Cr (R = -0.98) and between redzinas and Al (R = -0.97) (p < 0.05). Both positive and negative high correlations were confirmed for phaeozem. The CART method subsequently proved that the characteristic elements for individual soil types are B, Ca, Mg, Ni, and Mn. The soil types of cambisol, fluvisol, gleysol, anthrosol, and kastanozem had the closest relationship with the elements mentioned, and it can therefore be assumed that their occurrence indicates the presence of these soil types within the range of beehive location.

Keywords in English

traces elements; Czech beekeepers; sustainability; GIS

Released

26.07.2024

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISSN

2304-8158

Volume

13

Number

13

Pages count

12

BIBTEX


@article{BUT197306,
  author="Simona {Schmidlová} and Zdeňka {Javůrková} and Bohuslava {Tremlová} and Bohuslava {Tremlová} and Józef {Hernik} and Barbara {Prus} and Slavomír {Marcinčák} and Dana {Marcinčáková} and Pavel {Štarha} and Helena {Čížková} and Vojtěch {Kružík} and Zsanett {Bodor} and Csilla {Benedek} and Dalibor {Titěra} and Jana {Boržíková} and Matej {Pospiech},
  title="Exploring the Influence of Soil Types on the Mineral Profile of Honey: Implications for Geographical Origin Prediction",
  year="2024",
  volume="13",
  number="13",
  month="July",
  publisher="MDPI",
  address="BASEL",
  issn="2304-8158"
}