Quantitative detection of Fusarium pathogens and their mycotoxins in South African maize

Plant Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 522-531

  Boutigny, A L ^a   Beukes, I ^a   Small, I ^a   Zuhlke S ^b   Spiteller, M ^b   Van Rensburg, B J ^c   Flett, B ^c   Viljoen, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cereal; Fumonisin; Fusarium; Real time PCR; Trichothecene; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CULTIVAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; MAIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

SOUTH AFRICA;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860721166     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02544.x     Document Type: Article

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