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Identification and effects of maize silk volatiles on cultures of Aspergillus flavus.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 1 Mar 2000
Zeringue H J
Abstract excerpt
Volatiles generated from corn silks of individual genotypes of maize were found to exhibit differences in biological activities when the volatiles were exposed to 5-day solid cultures of Aspergillus flavus. In inverted potato dextrose-agar Petri plate bioassays, it was found that volatiles emitted from silks of the different maize genotypes had a profound effect on the growth of the fungus and, consequently,...
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