4. Discussion
Elemental analysis of plant samples is essential to monitoring plants and their development, determining their nutritional value and nutrient insufficiency, and checking for diseases. In the present study we determined the element contents of the chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.) samples by WDXRF method since analytical performance of the method previously proposed proved to be effective and robust [23]. There is scarce data on comprehensive elemental analysis in agricultural products. The mineral contents of several products like
mulberry [24], radish [25], tea [26], tobacco [27], beans [28] and hazelnuts [29] but not chickpea were examined by using WDXRF. Moreover, the comparisons of chickpea elemental contents grown under organic and conventional farming regimes have not been performed yet.