Sexual reproduction in aspergillus flavus sclerotia naturally produced in corn

Phytopathology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-85

  Horn, Bruce W ^a   Sorensen, Ronald B ^a   Lamb, Marshall C ^a   Sobolev, Victor S ^a   Olarte, Rodrigo A ^b   Worthington, Carolyn J ^b   Carbone, Ignazio ^b  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus parasiticus; Biological control; Eupenicillium ochrosalmoneum

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; RAIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

AFLATOXINS; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DROUGHTS; PLANT DISEASES; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84890934872     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-05-13-0129-R     Document Type: Article

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