A BRITISH IDIOT'S GUIDE TO ENDOPHYTES

Owen Davies
Secretary, Lincolnshire Seed Growers Association

This paper discusses the known information about toxin producing endophyte fungi. It makes recommendations for British seed growers and suggests areas where grassland research is needed.

Old and permanent pasture in the UK has been shown from limited data to contain toxic producing fungi. Loss of livestock production, goes unnoticed in the UK because death or serious illness is not as common as in the USA and New Zealand. Future problems are predicted.