Relationship between soil densities of Aspergillus species and colonization of wounded peanut seeds

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 951-960

  Horn, Bruce W ^a  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus parasiticus; Fungal competition

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; FUNGI; SOILS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGAL COMPETITION; SOIL DENSITIES;

SEED;

AFLATOXIN;

COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFLATOXINS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

DISEASES; FUNGI; PEANUTS; SEEDS; SOIL; WOUNDS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CAELATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 33846412200     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-050     Document Type: Article

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