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Claviceps

NOUN
  1. fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses

How To Use Claviceps In A Sentence

  • Claviceps purpurea grows mainly on rye, wheat, triticale, and barley.
  • Such molds include ergot from claviceps species, aflatoxins from Aspergillus, and trichothecenes from Fusarium and Stachybotrys.
  • Rye suffers from a peculiar disease called ergot, caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea.
  • The condition of the fermentation of Claviceps paspali was optimized. The content of tryptophan and phosphate could effect the productivity of ergot alkaloids .
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