Co-inoculation of aflatoxigenic and non-aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus to study fungal invasion, colonization, and competition in maize kernels

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Hruska, Zuzana ^a   Rajasekaran, Kanniah ^b   Yao, Haibo ^a   Kincaid, Russell ^a   Darlington, Dawn ^a   Brown, Robert L ^b   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^b   Cleveland, Thomas E ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Biocontrol; Corn (Zea mays); Fluorescence microscopy; Fungal competition; Green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLUE LIGHT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; IMAGING; INOCULATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; STEREOMICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84897941698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00122     Document Type: Article

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