Fusarium diseases of maize associated with mycotoxin contamination of agricultural products intended to be used for food and feed

Elisabeth Oldenburg1, Frank Höppner2, Frank Ellner3, Joachim Weinert4
1Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany
2Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Braunschweig, Germany
3Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Products, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Berlin, Germany
4Department of Plant Protection, The Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany

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