Fitopatologia Brasileira

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    Production of caffeine alkaloid by Claviceps sorghi
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Fitopatologia (SBF), 2003-03-27) Bogo, Amauri; Mantle, Peter Gregory; Boff, Mari Inês C.; Amarante, Cassandro V. T. do
    The ergot disease of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), caused by the fungus Claviceps sorghi, restricted to the Indian sub-continent, is a disease in which the pathogen infects the florets, colonizing the unfertilized ovaries. Losses are higher in hybrid seed production fields due to a higher susceptibility of male sterile lines. The sclerotia of C. sorghi have never been found to contain alkaloids with a tetracyclic ergoline ring system, which is normal in most ergot pathogens. In this work, we show that sclerotia of C. sorghi contain caffeine alkaloid and the ability to produce it in vitro.