The influence of local factors on the prediction of fumonisin contamination in maize

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1808-1814

  Torelli, Emanuela ^a   Firrao, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bianchi, Gianluca ^c   Saccardo, Federica ^a   Locci, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

^c ERSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Crop system; Fumonisin; Maize; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

FUMONISIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SEEDS; TRICHOTHECENES; ZEA MAYS; ZEARALENONE;

FUSARIUM; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859914661     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5551     Document Type: Article

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