Aerobiological monitoring of Aspergillus/Penicillium spores during the potato storage

Aerobiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-219

  Fernández, Isabel Iglesias ^a   Coello, Maria Carmen Seijo ^a   González, Maria Fernández ^a   Pérez, Olga Escuredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Aspergillus Penicillium spores; Environmental parameters; Indoor environment; Potato

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865137101     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9229-8     Document Type: Article

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