Interaction of Fusarium graminearum and F. moniliforme in maize ears: Disease progress, fungal biomass, and mycotoxin accumulation

Phytopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1028-1037

  Reid, L M ^a   Nicol, R W ^a   Quellet, T ^a   Savard, M ^a   Miller, J D ^b   Young, J C ^c   Stewart, D W ^a   Schaafsma, A W ^d  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FUNGAL DNA; MYCOSIS; MYCOTOXIN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032697159     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1999.89.11.1028     Document Type: Article

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