Effect of pH, water activity and temperature on the growth and accumulation of ochratoxin A produced by three strains of Aspergillus carbonarius isolated from Italian vineyards

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Spadaro, Davide ^a   Patharajan, Subban ^a   Lore, Alessia ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a   Garibaldi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Grapevine; HPLC; Mycotoxin; Wine

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 77958613701     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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