Factors influencing deoxynivalenol accumulation in small grain cereals

Toxins

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1157-1180

  Wegulo, Stephen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotype; Cultivar resistance; Deoxynivalenol; Environmental factors; Fungicide application; Fusarium head blight; Growth stage; Inoculum dosage; Lodging; Pathogen aggressiveness; Regulatory advisory standards; Small grain cereals; Tillage system

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; PROTHIOCONAZOLE; TEBUCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGICIDE APPLICATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HARVEST; HEALTH HAZARD; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; FUSARIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; TRICHOTHECENES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 84870498634     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins4111157     Document Type: Review

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