The dent stage of maize kernels is the most conducive for Fumonisin biosynthesis under field conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8382-8390

  Picot, Adeline ^a,c,d   Barreau, Christian ^c   Pinson Gadais, Laëtitia ^c   Piraux, François ^b   Caron, Daniel ^a,e   Lannou, Christian ^d   Richard Forget, Florence ^c  

^a ARVALIS Institut Du Végétal   (France)

^b ARVALIS Inst Vegetal   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e CNRS INRA UR1264 MycSA ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANALYTICAL TOOL; ANIMAL HEALTH; F. VERTICILLIOIDES; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD STUDIES; FUMONISIN; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; IN-VITRO; KERNEL COMPONENTS; MAIZE KERNELS; PER UNIT; SHORT PERIODS; TIME COURSE;

AMYLOPECTINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CURRICULA; EXPERIMENTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMYLOPECTIN; FUMONISIN;

ACIDIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FUNGUS; GROWTH; HEALTH IMPACT; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; TIME;

AMYLOPECTIN; FUMONISINS; FUSARIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 83255174908     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05216-11     Document Type: Article

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