Toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin associated with figs in the Mediterranean area

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Heperkan, Dilek ^a   Moretti, Antonio ^b   Dikmen, Ceren D ^a   Logrieco, Antonio F ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Cyclopiazonic acid; Dried figs; Endopsis; Fumonisin; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 84864553158     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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