Lack of host specialization in Aspergillus flavus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 320-324

  St Leger, Raymond J ^a,b   Screen, Steven E ^b   Shams Pirzadeh, Bijan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

FUNGUS; HOST RANGE; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; INOCULATION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033987651     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.320-324.2000     Document Type: Article

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