Molecular characterization of aflatoxigenic and non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus isolates collected from corn grains

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 9352-9370

  Mahmoud, M A ^a   Ali, H M ^b   El Aziz, A R M ^b   Al Othman, M R ^b   Al Wadai, A S ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Corn; Inter simple sequence repeats; Random amplified polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAUDI ARABIA; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DNA PRIMERS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEEDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84910093403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2014.November.11.2     Document Type: Article

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