Assessing Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags to mitigate fungal growth and aflatoxin contamination

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-196

  Williams, Scott B ^a   Baributsa, Dieudonne ^a   Woloshuk, Charles ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Maize storage; Mold growth; Mycotoxins; PICS bags

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907660342     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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