Genetic variability of Aspergillus flavus isolates from a Mississippi corn field

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Solorzano, Cesar D ^a   Abbas, Hamed K ^a   Zablotowicz, Robert M ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^b   Jones, Walker A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; INOCULATION; MAIZE; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MISSISSIPPI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84912569820     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/356059     Document Type: Article

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