Ear rot, aflatoxin accumulation, and fungal biomass in maize after inoculation with Aspergillus flavus

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 196-200

  Williams, W Paul ^a   Ozkan, Seval ^a   Ankala, Arunkanth ^a   Windham, Gary L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Diallel; Maize

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARCINOGEN; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GERMPLASM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MAIZE; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249271065     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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