The influence of flavonoids in maize pericarp on fusarium ear rot symptoms and fumonisin accumulation under field conditions

Plant Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 671-679

  Venturini, G ^a   Toffolatti, S L ^a   Assante, G ^a   Babazadeh, L ^a   Campia, P ^a   Fasoli, E ^a   Salomoni, D ^a   Vercesi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fusarium verticillioides; Zea mays; Fumonisins; Kernel pericarp

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HYBRID; MAIZE; METABOLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIGMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIPENING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928988081     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12304     Document Type: Article

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