Aflatoxin concentrations in chilies vary depending on variety

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 296-299

  Iqbal, Shahzad Z ^a,d   Paterson, R Russell M ^b   Bhatti, Ijaz A ^a   Asi, Muhammad R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^d Cornell University Ithaca ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Chilies; HPLC; Wonder hot

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052693087     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-011-0106-7     Document Type: Article

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