“Why don’t you put some of that stuff away?” she asks… Along with rye and triticale, wild and cultivated grasses are open-pollinated and all are susceptible to ergot infection. So what’s the solution?

Advert It wasn't until 1676 that the cause was discovered to be that of infected rye by Claviceps Purpurea, which is an ergot fungus, although it wasn't until 1778 that measures were first introduced ...

Ergot alkaloids are a group of headache medicines that include dihydroergotamine (Migranal, Trudhesa, others) and ergotamine (Cafergot, Ergomar, Ergostat, others). These drugs are used only to ...