Mould incidence and mycotoxin contamination in freshly harvested maize kernels originated from India

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2674-2683

  Mudili, Venkataramana ^a   Siddaih, Chandra Nayaka ^b   Nagesh, Madhukar ^c   Garapati, Phanikumar ^c   Naveen Kumar, Kalagatur ^c   Murali, Harishchandra Sreepathi ^c   Yli Mattila, Tapani ^d   Batra, Harsh Vardan ^c  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c DRDO   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fungi; HPLC; India; Maize; Mycotoxins; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

AFLATOXIN B1; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PENICILLIUM; PLANT SEED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFLATOXIN B1; ASPERGILLUS; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; INDIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PENICILLIUM; SEEDS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOTHECENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906944902     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6608     Document Type: Article

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