Real-time PCR quantification of the AM-toxin gene and HPLC qualification of toxigenic metabolites from Alternaria species from apples

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-111

  Andersen, Birgitte ^a   Smedsgaard, Jørn ^a   Jørring, Ida ^b   Skouboe, Pernille ^b   Pedersen, Lars Hagsholm ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BIONEER A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food safety; Metabolite profiling; Molecular screening method; Mycotoxins; Plant pathology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIOL; ETHER; MYCOTOXIN; TENUAZONIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; APPLE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNARIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; LACTONES; MALUS; MYCOTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENUAZONIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33748209280     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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