In Vitro Activity of Sorgum Seed Antifungal Proteins against Grain Mold Pathogens

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3666-3671

  Seetharaman, Koushik ^a   Whitehead, Elizabeth ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a   Waniska, Ralph D ^a   Rooney, Lloyd W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal proteins; Bioactivity; Chitinase; Curvularia lunata; Fusarium moniliforme; Glucanase; Sorghum; Sormatin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000203429     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960924z     Document Type: Article

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