Molecular characterization of toxigenic and atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus isolates, collected from peanut fields in China

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1857-1865

  Yin, Y ^a   Lou, T ^a   Yan, L ^a   Michailides, T J ^b   Ma, Z ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin gene cluster; Aspergillus flavus; Atoxigenic isolate; Biological control; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCONTROL; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; OILSEEDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFLATOXIN GENE CLUSTER; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ATOXIGENIC; ATOXIGENIC ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; GENE CLUSTERS; PCR ASSAY; PEANUT FIELDS; POPULATION STRUCTURES; TOXIGENIC;

AFLATOXINS;

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL DNA; MYCOTOXIN;

ARABLE LAND; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DNA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEANUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

CHINA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 70449718368     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04356.x     Document Type: Article

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