Effect of maize hybrid maturity and grain hardness on fumonisin and zearalenone contamination

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Blandino, Massimo ^a   Reyneri, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fumonisin; Fusarium ear rot; Hybrid; Maize; Mycotoxins; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857351492     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2008.107     Document Type: Article

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