Claviceps africana sp. nov.; the distinctive ergot pathogen of sorghum in Africa

Frederickson, D E and Mantle, P G and Milliano, W A J De (1991) Claviceps africana sp. nov.; the distinctive ergot pathogen of sorghum in Africa. Mycological Research, 95 (9). pp. 1101-1107. ISSN 0953-7562

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Abstract

Stromata arising from ergot sclerotia from sorghum in Zimbabwe were different in colour and texture from those of Claviceps sorghi from sorghum in India, compounding other differences in the dynamics of the early stages of parasitism, the sugar composition of honeydew, the quantitative expression of secondary conidiation and the morphology of sclerotia. The distinctive sexual stage forms the basis of describing the African material as a new Claviceps species which also uniquely elaborates a group of dihydrogenated ergot alkaloids that are biosynthetic intermediates leading to the principal product dihydroergosine

Item Type:	Article
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CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Sorghum Others > Entomology
Depositing User:	Mr B K Murthy
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2014 06:04
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2014 06:04
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8168
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80555-8
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Funders:	U.K. Overseas Development Administration
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