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Claviceps Purpurea Life Cycle Overview by thunderhoss is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses ergot, a fungus that infects cereal crops and grasses, replacing grains with hard, purple-black structures called sclerotia or ergots. Ergots contain toxic alkaloids and can poison livestock and humans if consumed. The fungus spreads by wind-blown spores that infect flowers, and is controlled through cultural practices like plowing fields and controlling grass weeds.
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