Biologically Based Methods for Control of Fumonisin-producing Fusarium species and Reduction of the Fumonisins

Infection by the fumonisin-producing Fusarium spp. and subsequent fumonisin contamination of maize adversely affect international trade and economy with deleterious effects on human and animal health. In developed countries high standards of the major food suppliers and retailers are upheld and regu...

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Main Authors: Johanna Francina Alberts, Willem Heber Van Zyl, Wentzel Christoffel, Andreas Gelderblom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00548/full