Effect of essential oils on the growth of Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisin contamination in corn

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 6824-6829

  Fandohan, Pascal ^a   Gbenou, Joachim D ^b   Gnonlonfin, Benoit ^a   Hell, Kerstin ^c   Marasas, Walter F O ^d   Wingfield, Michael J ^e  

^a National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corn; Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oils; Fumonisin; Fusarium verticillioides; Ocimum basilicum; Ocimum gratissimum

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FUMONISIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORN; FLUOROMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; SEED KERNEL;

CYMBOPOGON; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; FUSARIUM; GLYCERIDES; OCIMUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TERPENES; ZEA MAYS;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BASILICUM; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7244242238     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf040043p     Document Type: Article

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