Use of a granular bioplastic formulation for carrying conidia of a non-aflatoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3997-4004

  Accinelli, Cesare ^a   Saccà, M Ludovica ^a   Abbas, Hamed K ^b   Zablotowicz, Robert M ^b   Wilkinson, Jeffery R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol formulations; Biopesticides; Bioplastic; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIGENIC STRAINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOPESTICIDES; BIOPLASTIC; CARRIER MATRIXES; CELL DENSITIES; FIELD APPLICATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MATER-BI; MYCOTOXINS; PROPAGULES; SOIL COLONIZATIONS; SOIL SAMPLES; STERILIZED SOILS; VEGETATIVE GROWTHS; WHEAT GRAINS;

APPLICATIONS; BIOCONTROL; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRANULATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AFLATOXIN; MATER BI GRANULE; MYCOTOXIN; PLASTICIZER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGUS; MAIZE; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL DENSITY; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSPHERES; PLASTICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349120675     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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