Better disease resistance in Canada’s first durum variety resistant to ergot may expand the wheat crop’s foothold on Manitoba farms.

Cambridgeshire arable farmer John Jeffries is shocked by the high level of ergot contamination he is finding in winter wheat this year. A 1kg sample of Dawsum feed wheat contained as many as 90 ...

Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, is when a person or animal eats food that has been contaminated with a fungus called C. purpurea. The fungus is most commonly found in rye, but it can affect other ...

Ergot sclerotia can survive in the soil for five years, she says, meaning deep tillage after harvest is advised to bury them. This should be followed by shallow tillage the following year.

The Agriculture Ministry has issued a final rejection to a shipment of wheat from the US, saying that it has levels of ergot fungus that breach international standards.In a statement on Thursday, ...

Ergot is a toxic fungus that infects the seed heads of many grasses and some cereal grains. It can cause severe illness and even death in livestock, especially cattle, and possibly horses, Evans says.

Now is time for forage producers to cut hay to avoid ergot bodies from developing. “If you don’t cut it, those seed will develop ergot bodies,” Roberts said.

The Agriculture Ministry has not received official notification or any new guidelines regarding Tuesday's court decision that reinstates a ban on wheat purchases containing traces of ergot fungus ...

Reason for posting: Dihydroergotamine and ergotamine are ergot alkaloids commonly used to treat migraines. 1 Many clinicians may be unaware of recently recognized interactions of these ergot ...

News Published: 05 March 1932 The History of Ergot Nature 129, 335–336 (1932) Cite this article ...