Alternaria toxins in wheat during the 2004 to 2005 Argentinean harvest

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1262-1265

  Azcarate, M P ^a   Patriarca, A ^b   Terminiello, L ^c   Fernandez Pinto V ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; MYCOTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 45149108791     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.6.1262     Document Type: Article

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