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Neotyphodium

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Neotyphodium
a genus of fungal endophytes which live within cool-season grass plant tissues.

Neotyphodium coenophialum
infects Festuca arundinacea and F. elatior and produces ergot alkaloids that cause fescue toxicosis.
Neotyphodium folii
an endophyte that infects Lolium perenne and produces alkaloids that cause perennial ryegrass staggers.


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While investigating the livestock troubles, researchers eventually realized that a fungus in the genus Neotyphodium secreted compounds that constricted blood flow in cattle extremities.
QK623 2004-023764 0-8138-0189-3 Neotyphodium in cool-season grasses.
INTRODUCTION Fescue toxicosis is a malady that is attributed to consumption of ergot alkaloids produced by the endophyte Neotyphodium coencaphialum.
 
 
 
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