eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 2333-1240 2014-04-20 2 3 127 129 10.12691/jfnr-2-3-6 JFNR2014236 article Richard Horsley 1 Hakki G?kbel 2 Mehmet Musa ?zcan mozcan@selcuk.edu.tr 3 Mustafa Harmankaya 4 ?enay ?im?ek 4 Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Department of Physiology, Sel?uk Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Sel?uk University, Konya, Turkey Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey Elements of three different apples in an apple tree were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). K contents of apples ranged from 8510 mg/kg (green apple) to 11942 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). While Mg contents of three different apples change between 505 mg/kg (wild apple) and 734 mg/kg (wild apple), P contents ranged from 683 mg/kg (green apple) to 1145 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). In addition, S contents of apple samples were found between 413 mg/kg (green apple) to 556 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). B contents of apples were found between 18.8 mg/kg (wild apple) to 21.0 mg/kg (green apple). As a result, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Zn, Ca, K and Mg contents of wild apple were found higher than those of results of other samples. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/2/3/6/jfnr-2-3-6.pdf an apple tree three variety mineral heavy metals ICP-AES