Relationships between in vivo and in vitro aflatoxin production: Reliable prediction of fungal ability to contaminate maize with aflatoxins

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Probst, Claudia ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; Maize; Synthetic media

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARCINOGEN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; HEALTH IMPACT; MAIZE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; MYCOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859435936     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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