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IN a previous communication my associate and I1 recorded for the first time successful artificial production of ergot sclerotia of high alkaloid content (total alkaloid content 0.32 per cent, ergometrine content 0.07 per cent) in the tropical plains of Bengal. Ergot, it may be stated here, has long been known to grow naturally at high altitudes and under temperate conditions of such countries as Spain, Portugal, Baltic States, etc. Reports of the artificial production of ergot sclerotia in situations akin to their natural habitats are known from Australia2 and at Nilgiri Hills, Madras (India)3.
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SAHA, J. Sphacelial Stage in the Life-history of Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. Nature 158, 881–882 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158881a0
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