Locoweed is a collective name for a variety of plants, such as Oxytropis and Astragalus L.
When these plants are infected by some fungi or endophytes, they will produce an alkaloid …

The indolizidine alkaloid-swainsonine (SW) is the main toxic component of locoweeds and
the main cause of locoweed poisoning in grazing animals. The endophytic fungi, Alternaria …

Many plant endophytes produce mycotoxins, but how host genetic variation influences
endophyte colonization and mycotoxin production under natural conditions is poorly …

Plants in the Oxytropis genus can live with the endophytic fungi Alternaria sect. Undifilum.
Swainsonine, the mycotoxin produced by the endophyte render the host plant toxic and this …

Locoweeds are legumes of the Astragalus and Oxytropis genera that live symbiotically with
the fungal endosymbionts belonging to Alternaria section Undifilum. These endophytes …

The fungus Undifilum oxytropis produces the toxin swainsonine and is symbiotic with
locoweeds, which are toxic Oxytropis and Astragalus species. The genus Oxytropis includes …

Oxytropis plants are widely distributed in the grasslands in northern China. Some Oxytropis
species have been reported to contain the mycotoxin swainsonine, an alkaloid which …

Abstract Astragalus adsurgens (A. adsurgens), which is considered a forage in China, grows
widely in Eurasia and North America. However, Alternaria gansuense (A …

Plants belonging to the genera Astragalus, Oxytropis, Ipomoea, Sida, and Swainsona often
contain the toxin swainsonine (SW) produced by an associated fungal symbiont …

Locoweeds are perennial forbs poisonous to livestock and cause extreme losses to animal
husbandry. Locoweed toxicity is attributed to the symbiotic endophytes in Alternaria sect …