Article
Evaluation of Trichoderma isolates as biocontrol measure against Claviceps purpurea
2024-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Claviceps purpurea causes ergot, a floral disease of major cereal crops, such as winter rye and winter triticale. The dark sclerotia formed by C. purpurea contain numerous toxic ergot alkaloids, which pose a major health risk for humans and animals when ingested. The countermeasures against ergot infection are currently limited to intensive tillage, seed cleaning, crop rotation or integration of optical sorting ma...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 758b689d-e70f-5d8b-9134-c13bdfd9676c
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-023-02716-w
