Concentration of ergosterol in small-grained naturally contaminated and inoculated cereals

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 542-547

  Perkowski, Juliusz ^a   Buśko, MacIej ^a   Stuper, Kinga ^a   Kostecki, Marian ^a   Matysiak, Anna ^a   Szwajkowska Michałek, Lidia ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; HPLC analysis; Inoculation with Fusarium spp.; Natural contamination

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HORDEUM; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 45749146646     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0083-2     Document Type: Article

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