Detection of seed borne mycoflora in maize (Zea mays L.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 443-451

  Niaz, Ishrat ^a   Dawar, Shahnaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRINIUM PHAEOSPERMUM; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FOETIDUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; ASPERGILLUS WENTII; CLADOSPORIUM; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; CURVULARIA; CURVULARIA CLAVATA; CURVULARIA INTERMEDIA; CURVULARIA PALLESCENS; DIPLODIA; DRECHSLERA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PENICILLIUM FUNICULOSUM; PHOMA HERBARUM; RHIZOPUS; SYNCEPHALASTRUM RACEMOSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949707634     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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