Pyrethroid application timing to control European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and minimize fumonisin contamination in maize kernels

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Blandino, M ^a   Saladini, M A ^a   Alma, A ^a   Reyneri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

European corn borer; Fumonisins; Fusarium; Maize; Mycotoxins; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CRAMBIDAE; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950248607     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CRC.38.2010.1.8     Document Type: Article

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