Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination in sorghum seeds and their biological management

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2141-2156

  Divakara, Shetty Thimmappa ^a   Aiyaz, Mohammed ^a   Hariprasad, Puttaswamy ^b   Nayaka, Siddaiah Chandra ^a   Niranjana, Siddapura Ramachandrappa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; rhizobacteria; sorghum; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHIZOBIALES; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ASPERELLUM;

EID: 84904346033     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2013.869892     Document Type: Article

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