Reduced Fusarium ear rot and symptomless infection in kernels of maize genetically engineered for European corn borer resistance

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1071-1077

  Munkvold, G P ^a   Hellmich, R L ^a   Showers, W B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt toxin; Corn; Gibberella

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; GIBBERELLA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030868959     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.10.1071     Document Type: Article

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