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Epichloe spp. on Lolium spp.

  • Credits / Owner: SASA, Science & Advice For Scottish Agriculture
  • Submission date: 2026-09-01 14:58:00
  • Submission ID: #213
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Epichloe spp. on Lolium spp.

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Symptoms of / Epichloe spp. on Lolium spp.

Pathogen

Scientific name

Epichloe spp.

Genus

Epichloe

EPPO code

EPICSP

Common name

Synonyms

Crop

Lolium spp.

More about Epichloe spp.

Submission

Description

Image of antigen blotter showing positive reaction obtained from Festulolium seeds infected with Epichloe species endophyte. Immunoblot kit used: Agrinostics Ltd, Phytoscreen, Epichloe seed (Cat # ENDO 7971). For this kit, blue staining indicates infected seed. For this particular sample, 74% of the 100 plated seeds were positive. Top right indicates the controls from the kit, dark spot is positive.


Growth time: 7
Lighting: 12 hours NUV
Agar: Carnation Leaf Agar
Agar brand: Oxoid Technical No 3
Sample origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland