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Conference Program: Status of Sorghum Ergot in North America - June 24-26, 1998.

International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter. A Special Supplement:  Ergot--a Global Disease Threat to Sorghum.

USDA-ARS Sorghum Research Project. Late Breaking Sorghum News From Around the World.

TAMU Agricultural Research and Experiments Station Report. The Sorghum Ergot Prognosis for South Texas.

Texas Department of Agriculture News Release. Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry is urging producers planting grain sorghum to use seed that has been treated against the fungus ergot.

Texas A&M Lab Report. Ergot in the United States.

University of Nebraska. South Central Research & Extension Center. A Report on Ergot Disease of Grain Sorghum.

CropWatch News. A Special Focus on Ergot in Sorghum.

Toxicology Report on Sorghum Ergot from the USDA.

Technical Information on Ergot on Sorghum in Australia.

EPA Approval Notice for use of Tilt (propiconazole) to control ergot on grain sorghum.

Phytosanitary Export Certification Guidelines for Sorghum Seed Producers.

Publications of the Texas Ag Extension Service on Sorghum.

Report: Sorghum ergot (Claviceps africana) associated with feed refusal and impaired milk production in pigs and cattle.

Report: Protocol for Contaminating Seed and Protocol for Evaluating Treated Seed.


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