Resistance in maize inbred lines to Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisin accumulation in South Africa

Plant Disease

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-888

  Small, I M ^a   Flett, B C ^b   Marasas, W F O ^a   Mcleod, A ^a   Stander, M A ^a   Viljoen, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930477897     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-11-0695     Document Type: Article

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