Mycotoxin levels in maize produced in northern Italy in 2008 as influenced by growing location and FAO class of hybrid

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-418

  Pietri, A ^a   Battilani, P ^a   Gualla, A ^a   Bertuzzi, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

aflatoxins; FAO class; fumonisins; maize; predictive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868109271     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2012.1449     Document Type: Article

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