Citation: Tim Tubbs, Charles Woloshuk, Klein E. Ileleji. A simple low-cost method of determining whether it is safe to store maize[J]. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2017, 2(1): 43-55. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2017.1.43
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