Molecular characterization of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination of wheat grains from Saudi Arabia

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3335-3352

  Al Wadai, A S ^a   Al Othman, M R ^a   Mahmoud, M A ^a,b   El Aziz, A R M Abd ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; HPLC; Inter simple sequence repeats; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAUDI ARABIA; WHEAT;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CEREALS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRITICUM;

EID: 84884274009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.September.3.10     Document Type: Article

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