Fundamental study on the influence of Fusarium infection on quality and ultrastructure of barley malt

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-43

  Oliveira, Pedro M ^a   Mauch, Alexander ^a   Jacob, Fritz ^b   Waters, Deborah M ^a   Arendt, Elke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barley infection; Deoxynivalenol; Fungal biomass; Fusarium culmorum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

VOMITOXIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; MALT; NONHUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CEREALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GERMINATION; HORDEUM; MYCOTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOTHECENES;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; HORDEUM;

EID: 84859862838     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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