Effect of fungal infection and insect infestation interaction, moisture content, type of earhead and grain on mycotoxin production in field sorghum

Mycotoxins and phycotoxins: Advances in determination, toxicology and exposure management

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 43-52

  Reddy, B N ^a   Raghavender, C R ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earhead; Glume; Interrelationship; Moistures; Mycotoxin; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85200309809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/9789086865857_004     Document Type: Chapter

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