Ergot: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 01, 2026
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Ergot and Its Alkaloids. Oct 02, 2026
Media added. Oct 30, 2025
Add new Web site: WebMD - Ergot - Uses, Side Effects, and More. Mar 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Indian Academy Sciences - Ergot production and improvement (PDF). Jan 27, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenSIUC - Ergot. Oct 08, 2024
Add new Web site: USDA Agriculture Research Service - Ergot: Biology and Control. Aug 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board - An introduction to ergot and its management in cereals. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: South Dakota State University Extension - Ergot: A Potential Livestock Poisoning Problem. Apr 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic - Ergot. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources - CropWatch - Has Ergot Altered Events in World History? Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Team Forage - Disease Profile: Ergot. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Nature - Ergot alkaloid mycotoxins: physiological effects, metabolism and distribution of the residual toxin in mice. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Microbiology Society - The highs and lows of ergot. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: North Dakota State University - Ergot in Small Grains. Feb 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Ergot and Its Alkaloids. Jan 19, 2023
Article thoroughly revised. Nov 03, 2017
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Ergot. Feb 09, 2009
Media added. Aug 14, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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