Vegetative compatibility groups among isolates of Aspergillus flavus from sesame seed in Iran and mycotoxin production

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Habibi, Azadeh ^a   Banihashemi, Zia ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Genetic diversity; Sesamum orientalis; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; SESAMUM; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 49149094553     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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