Some pectinolytic and cellulolytic enzyme activities of fungi causing rots of cocoyams

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 432-436

  Ugwuanyi, J Obeta ^a   Obeta, Jason A N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Botryodiplodia theobromae; cellulolytic enzymes; cocoyam rot fungi; Corticium rolfsii; Fusarium spp pectinolytic; Geotrichum candidum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030892488     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199704)73:4<432::AID-JSFA744>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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