The maize rachis affects Aspergillus flavus spread during ear development

Maydica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-188

  Magbanua, Zenaida V ^a   Williams, W Paul ^b   Luthe, Dawn S ^a,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Fluorescence microscopy; Rachis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880638391     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: 22798013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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