An Overview of Ochratoxin Research

Applied Mycology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 38-55

  Varga, János ^a   Kocsubé, Sándor ^a   Péteri, Zsanett ^a   Samson, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

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