Studies on Claviceps parasitic on Panicum species in India
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
7084822
DOI
10.1007/bf02879770
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- MeSH
- Claviceps growth & development metabolism MeSH
- Poaceae microbiology MeSH
- Ergot Alkaloids biosynthesis MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- India MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Ergot Alkaloids MeSH
Panicum repens and P. antidotale were found to be infected with Claviceps sp. This is the first report of ergot on P. repens. The pyrenomycete produced abundant sclerotia on the host plants. The sclerotia contained 0.71 and 0.68% alkaloids, respectively, which predominantly consisted of chanoclavine, festuclavine and agroclavine. The infected grasses were possibly mycotoxic. Submerged cultures of Claviceps strain isolated from Panicum spp. produced significant amount of chanoclavine, festuclavine and agroclavine. No pharmaceutically important alkaloid was found in sclerotia or in submerged culture.
