Biodiversity of Aspergillus section Flavi in the United States: A review

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1088-1101

  Horn, Bruce W ^a  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Corn; Fungal diversity; Groundnut; Maize; Peanut; Plant parasitism; Saprotrophy

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP PEST; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROHABITAT; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL INOCULATION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

AFLATOXINS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34748847424     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701510012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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