Fungal screening and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus section Flavi isolated from pre-harvest maize ears grown in two Argentine regions

Crop Protection

Volumn 92, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-48

  Camiletti, Boris X ^a,b   Torrico, Ada K ^b   Fernanda Maurino, M ^b   Cristos, Diego ^b   Magnoli, Carina ^c   Lucini, Enrique I ^a   de la Paz Giménez Pecci, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ear rot; Fungal population; Molecular characterization; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; TOXIN;

ARGENTINA;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84994339004     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2016.10.012     Document Type: Article

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