Transgenic approaches for pre-harvest control of mycotoxin contamination in crop plants

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-214

  Cary, J W ^a   Rajasekaran, K ^a   Yu, J ^a   Brown, R L ^a   Bhatnagar, D ^a   Cleveland, T E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Genetic engineering; Genomics; Proteomics; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEOMICS; TRANSGENIC CROP; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 70350341439     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2009.1138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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