Simplified sample preparation for HPLC analysis of ergovaline in tall fescue

Increased interest in the endophytic fungus, Acremonium coenophialum Morgan-Jones & Gams, and its symbiotic inhabitance of tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb., has created the need for rapid and reliable ergovaline analysis in research and in extension service (for diagnosis). A simplified sample preparation method provides faster and more reproducible results for ergovaline quantitation in tall fescue (.)