Sexual reproduction in aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus nomius

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-183

  Horn, Bruce W ^a   Moore, Geromy G ^b   Carbone, Ignazio ^b  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Ascospores; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Heterothallism; Petromyces

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS BREEDING; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; NOMIUS; PETROMYCES;

EID: 78751488416     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-115     Document Type: Article

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