Aflatoxin variability in pistachios

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1197-1202

  Mahoney, Noreen E ^a   Rodriguez, Susan B ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

PISTACLA VERA;

EID: 0029886456     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1197-1202.1996     Document Type: Article

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