Explain life cycle of Ergot. (Pharmacognosy And Phytochemistry-ll)
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Life cycle. An ergot kernel, called a sclerotium, develops when a spore of fungal species of the genus Claviceps infects a floret of flowering grass or cereal. The infection process mimics a pollen grain growing into an ovary during fertilization. ... At this stage, alkaloids and lipids accumulate in the sclerotium.
Family:Clavicipitaceae
Genus:Claviceps; Tul., 1853
Class:Sordariomycetes
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