Mycotoxins as antagonistic or supporting agents in the interaction between phytopathogenic Fusarium and Alternaria fungi

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-321

  Muller M E H ^a,d   Urban, K ^b   Koppen R ^c   Siegel, D ^c   Korn, U ^a   Koch, M ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternaria mycotoxins; inter fungal competition; multi mycotoxin analysis; Phytopathogen; trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

ALTENUENE; ALTERNARIOL; ALTERNARIOL METHYL ETHER; ERGOSTEROL; MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; TETRAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WHEAT;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84923558846     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2014.1747     Document Type: Article

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