Sphacelia sorghi

Frederickson DE, Mantle PG, De Milliano WAJ. Secondary conidiation of Sphacelia sorghi on sorghum, a novel factor in the epidemiology of ergot disease. Mycol Res 93 497-502, 1989. 

Kulkarni GP, Seshadri VS, Hedge RK. The perfect stage of Sphacelia sorghi McRae. Mysore J Agric Sci 10 286-289, 1976. 

Sangit Rao CS, Moghe PG. Triangular conidia of Sphacelia sorghi on grass weed Dicanthium caricosum. Indian Phytopathol 48 490-492, 1995. 

Mantle P. Studies on Sphacelia sorghi McRae, an ergot of Sorghum vulgare Pers. Ann Appl Biol 62 443-449, 1968. 

Sphacelia sorghi cultures have been found to be able to utlize hydroxyproline in place of proline for the synthesis of the... 

It was thus of interest to establish the point at which saturation occurred in the biosynthesis of the peptidic alkaloid (129). It is known that mevalonic acid is built into the clavine alkaloids, e.g. agroclavine (122), with retention of the 5-pro-R hydrogen at -10. ° Retention or loss of tritium from C-5 mevalonic acid on formation of (129) would show whether A °-intermediates were involved in the biosynthesis of (129). The results obtained with Sphacelia sorghi were that tritium was retained and so A °-intermediates are excluded. 

Mantle, PC. and Atwell, S.M. (1981) Hydroxydihydroergosine, a new ergot alkaloid analogue from directed biosynthesis by Sphacelia sorghi. Experientia, 37, 1257-1258. 

Mantle, PC. and Waight, E.S. (1968) Dihydroergosine a new naturally occurring alkaloid from the sclerotia of Sphacelia sorghi (McRea). Nature, 218, 581-582. 

Hydrastis canadensis Sphacelia sorghi Pseudomonas aureofaciens... 

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