<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A study of toxic compound produced by Sclerospora graminicola&#13;
</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Wani</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P V</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rai</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The toxin (Sg-toxin) was recovered from infected bajra [Pennisetum typhoides] plants but not from healthy ones at c. 0.5% on dry wt. basis. It was toxic to P. typhoides and, to a greater extent, to tomato, and at up to 0.06% dilution. It inhibited the germination of seeds and decreased plumule length, especially in P. typhoides. It did not affect the growth of any of 23 micro-organisms tested. Sg-toxin is a non-specific vivo-toxin</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Entomology</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">1980</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Indian Phytopathological Society</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>