Osmotic and matric potential effects on growth, sclerotia and partitioning of polyols and sugars in colonies and spores of Aspergillus ochraceus

Mycological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-147

  Ramos, A J ^a   Magan, N ^a,b   Sanchis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0033007649     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298006819     Document Type: Article

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