Non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus to prevent aflatoxin contamination in crops: Advantages and limitations

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Biocontrol; Cottonseed; Food safety; Maize; Population diversity; Recombination

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84897661334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00050     Document Type: Review

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