Ergovaline occurrence in grasses infected by fungal endophytes of semiarid pastures in Spain
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Fungal alkaloids in populations of endophyte-infected Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa
Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa is a grass that grows on coastal cliffs along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Asymptomatic plants of this species are systemically infected by the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae. It is not known whether the alkaloids ergovaline and peramine are produced by the endophyte in Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa. Plants from four populations were collected from the norther...
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