Fusarium pallidoroseum in maize samples of three agro-ecological zones of Cameroon

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-374

  Tagne, A ^a,b   Kongsdal, O ^b   Ngoko, Z ^a   The, C ^a   Mathur, S B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b Danish Govt Inst Seed Pathol D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zone; Cameroon; F. pallidoroseum; Maize grain; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PALLIDOROSEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037433358     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(02)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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