Aspergillus flavus in soils and corncobs in South Texas: Implications for management of aflatoxins in corn-cotton rotations

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1366-1371

  Jaime Garcia, Ramon ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pith; Placenta; Sclerenchyma

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CORN-COTTON ROTATIONS; CORNCORBS; FLAVUS STRAINS;

SEED;

PLANTS; SOIL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS; VICTORIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9344252204     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.12.1366     Document Type: Article

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