Aspergillus flavus biomass in maize estimated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction is strongly correlated with aflatoxin concentration

Plant Disease

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1163-1170

  Mideros, Santiago X ^a   Windham, Gary L ^b   Williams, W Paul ^b   Nelson, Rebecca J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BREEDING PROGRAM; DIRECT IMPACT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GENETIC DISSECTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GERMPLASMS; INBRED LINE; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MAIZE KERNELS; MISSISSIPPI; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFLATOXINS; BIOMASS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FLUOROMETERS; POLYMERIZATION;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449671184     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-93-11-1163     Document Type: Article

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