Aflatoxin and fumonisin in corn (Zea mays) infected by common smut Ustilago maydis

Plant Disease

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1236-1240

  Abbas, Hamed K ^a   Zablotowicz, Robert M ^a   Shier, W Thomas ^b   Johnson, Bobbie J ^c   Phillips, Nicholas A ^c   Weaver, Mark A ^c   Abel, Craig A ^d   Bruns, H Arnold ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84940378621     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-14-0234-RE     Document Type: Article

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