Mycotoxin occurrence in maize produced in Northern Italy over the years 2009-2011: Focus on the role of crop related factors

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-221

  Camardo Leggieri, Marco ^a   Bertuzzi, Terenzio ^a   Pietri, Amedeo ^a   Battilani, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Fumonisins; Logistic regression; Modelling; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969776826     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-14632     Document Type: Article

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