Aflatoxin control through transgenic approaches

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 89-101

  Rajasekaran, K ^a   De Lucca, A J ^a   Cary, J W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus; Biotechnology; Genetic engineering; Mycotoxin; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALPHA DEFENSIN; GROUND WATER; KNOTTIN DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIUM; CORN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUSARIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72149102412     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15569540802469581     Document Type: Review

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