A survey of pre-harvest ear rot diseases of maize and associated mycotoxins in south and central Zambia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Mukanga, Mweshi ^a,b   Derera, John ^a   Tongoona, Pangirayi ^a   Laing, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Zambia Agricultural Research Institute   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Fumonisins; Fusarium verticillioides; Mycotoxins; Stenocarpella maydis

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYDIPLODIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLIMATE; CONSUMER; EAR ROT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; HARVEST; HEALTH HAZARD; INCIDENCE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; STENOCARPELLA MAYDIS; ZAMBIA; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

FUNGI; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; ZAMBIA; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; PENICILLIUM; STENOCARPELLA; STENOCARPELLA MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954314767     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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