Comparison of fumonisin concentrations in kernels of transgenic Bt maize hybrids and nontransgenic hybrids

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-138

  Munkvold, Gary P ^a   Hellmich, Richard L ^a   Rice, Larry G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Fusarium moniliforme; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; FUMONISIN; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; MAIZE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 0033003893     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.2.130     Document Type: Article

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