405
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

Animal safety of a tall fescue endophyte (Epichloë sp.) in a perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) host

ORCID Icon, , ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 165-176 | Received 13 May 2021, Accepted 14 Nov 2021, Published online: 27 Jan 2022

References

  • Bacon CW. Toxic endophyte-infected tall fescue and range grasses: historic perspectives. Journal of Animal Science 73, 861–70, 1995
  • Ball OJ-P, Miles CO, Prestidge RA. Ergopeptine alkaloids and Neotyphodium lolii-mediated resistance in perennial ryegrass against adult Heteronychus arator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 90, 1382–91, 1997
  • Ball OJ-P, Tapper BA. The production of loline alkaloids in artificial and natural grass/endophyte associations. Proceedings of the New Zealand Plant Protection Conference 52, 264–9, 1999
  • Bastías DA, Alejandra Martínez-Ghersa M, Newman JA, Card SD, Mace WJ, Gundel PE. The plant hormone salicylic acid interacts with the mechanism of anti-herbivory conferred by fungal endophytes in grasses. Plant Cell and Environment 41, 395–405, 2018
  • Bouton JH, Gates RN, Belesky DP, Owsley M. Yield and persistence of tall fescue in the southeastern coastal plain after removal of its endophyte. Agronomy Journal 85, 52–5, 1993
  • Caradus JR, Card SD, Finch SC, Hume DE, Johnson LJ, Mace WJ, Popay AJ. Ergot alkaloids in New Zealand pastures and their impact. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 63, 1–41, 2020
  • Caradus JR, Chapman DF, Cookson T, Cotching B, Deighton MH, Donnelly L, Ferguson J, Finch SC, Gard S, Hume DE, et al. Epichloë endophytes – new perspectives on a key ingredient for resilient perennial grass pastures. New Zealand Grassland Association: Resilent Pastures Symposium 17, 57–70, 2021
  • Christensen MJ. Variation in the ability of Acremonium endophytes of Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea and F. pratensis to form compatible associations in the three grasses. Mycological Research 99, 466–70, 1995
  • Christensen MJ, Leuchtmann A, Rowan DD, Tapper BA. Taxonomy of Acremonium endophytes of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), meadow fescue (F. pratensis) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). Mycological Research 97, 1083–92, 1993
  • di Menna ME, Finch SC, Popay AJ, Smith BL. A review of the Neotyphodium lolii / Lolium perenne symbiosis and its associated effects on animal and plant health, with particular emphasis on ryegrass staggers. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 60, 315–28, 2012
  • Dymock JJ, Prestidge RA, Rowan DD. The effects of lolitrem B on Argentine stem weevil larvae. Proceedings of the New Zealand Plant Protection Conference 42, 73–5, 1989
  • Easton HS. Grasses and Neotyphodium endophytes: co-adaptation and adaptive breeding. Euphytica 154, 295–306, 2007
  • *Edwards GR. Influence of the endophyte fungus in ryegrass on grazing preference by sheep. PhD thesis, Lincoln University, Christchurch, NZ, 1990.
  • Edwards GR, Lucas RJ, Johnson MR. Grazing preference for pasture species by sheep is affected by endophyte and nitrogen fertility. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 55, 137–41, 1993
  • Eerens JPJ, Lucas RJ, Easton S, White JGH. Influence of the endophyte (Neotyphodium lolii) on morphology, physiology, and alkaloid synthesis of perennial ryegrass during high temperature and water stress. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 41, 219–26, 1998
  • Finch SC, Munday JS, Munday R, Kerby JWF. Short-term toxicity studies of loline alkaloids in mice. Food and Chemical Toxicology 94, 243–9, 2016
  • Finch SC, Prinsep MR, Popay AJ, Wilkins AL, Webb NG, Bhattarai S, Jensen JG, Hawkes AD, Babu JV, Tapper BA, et al. Identification and structure elucidation of epoxyjanthitrems from Lolium perenne infected with the endophytic fungus Epichloë festucae var. lolii and determination of the tremorgenic and anti-insect activity of epoxyjanthitrem I. Toxins 12, 526, 2020
  • Fletcher LR, Finch SC, Sutherland BL, deNicolo G, Mace WJ, van Koten C, Hume DE. The occurrence of ryegrass staggers and heat stress in sheep grazing ryegrass-endophyte associations with diverse alkaloid profiles. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 65, 232–41, 2017
  • *Fletcher LR, Fletcher CG, Sutherland BL. The health and performance of sheep grazing a non-toxic tall fescue endophyte association. In: Paul VH, Dapprich PD (eds). Fourth International Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions Symposium. Pp 459–64, 2001a
  • Fletcher LR, Harvey IC. An association of a Lolium endophyte with ryegrass staggers. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 29, 185–6, 1981
  • *Fletcher LR, Popay AJ, Stewart AV, Tapper BA. Herbage and sheep production from meadow fescue with and without the endophyte Neotyphodium uncinatum. In: Paul VH, Dapprich PD (eds). Fourth International Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions Symposium. Pp 447–53, 2001b
  • Fletcher LR, Sutherland BL. Sheep responses to grazing ryegrass with AR37 endophyte. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 71, 127–32, 2009
  • Fletcher LR, Sutherland BL, Fletcher CG. The impact of endophyte on the health and productivity of sheep grazing ryegrass-based pastures. Ryegrass Endophyte: an Essential New Zealand Symbiosis. Grassland Research and Practice Series 7, 11–7, 1999
  • Freitas PP, Hampton JG, Rolston MP, Glare TR, Miller PP, Card SD. A tale of two grass species: temperature affects the symbiosis of a mutualistic Epichloë endophyte in both tall fescue and perennial ryegrass. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 530, 2020
  • Gagic M, Faville MJ, Zhang W, Forester NT, Rolston MP, Johnson RD, Ganesh S, Koolaard JP, Easton HS, Hudson D, et al. Seed transmission of Epichloë endophytes in Lolium perenne is heavily influenced by host genetics. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1580, 2018
  • Gooneratne SR, Patchett BJ, Wellby M, Fletcher LR. Excretion of loline alkaloids in urine and faeces of sheep dosed with meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) seed containing high concentrations of loline alkaloids. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 60, 176–82, 2012
  • Hennessy LM, Popay AJ, Finch SC, Clearwater MJ, Cave VM. Temperature and plant genotype alter alkaloid concentrations in ryegrass infected with an Epichloë endophyte and this affects an insect herbivore. Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 1097, 2016
  • Henry MLE, Kemp S, Dunshea FR, Leury BJ. Physiological effects of ergot alkaloid and indole-diterpene consumption on sheep under hot and thermoneutral ambient temperature conditions. Animals 6, 37, 2016
  • Hume DE, Cooper BM, Pankhurst KA. The role of endophyte in determining the persistence and productivity of ryegrass, tall fescue and meadow fescue in Northland. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 71, 145–50, 2009
  • Hume DE, Stewart AV, Simpson WR, Johnson RD. Epichloë fungal endophytes play a fundamental role in New Zealand grasslands. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50, 279–98, 2020
  • *Jensen JG, Popay AJ. Reduction in root aphid population by non-toxic endophyte strains in tall fescue. New Zealand Grassland Association: Endophyte Symposium. Pp 341–4, 2007.
  • Johnson LJ, de Bonth ACM, Briggs LR, Caradus JR, Finch SC, Fleetwood DJ, Fletcher LR, Hume DE, Johnson RD, Popay AJ, et al. The exploitation of epichloae endophytes for agricultural benefit. Fungal Diversity 60, 171–88, 2013
  • Johnson LJ, Voisey CR, Faville MJ, Moon CD, Simpson WR, Johnson RD, Stewart AV, Caradus JR, Hume DE. Advances and perspectives in breeding for improved grass-endophyte associations. Grassland Science in Europe 24, 351–63, 2019
  • Keogh RG. Induction and prevention of ryegrass staggers in grazing sheep. New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture 1, 55–7, 1973
  • Klotz JL, Aiken GE, Bussard JR, Foote AP, Harmon DL, Goff BM, Schrick FN, Strickland JR. Vasoactivity and vasoconstriction changes in cattle related to time off toxic endophyte-infected tall fescue. Toxins 8, 271, 2016
  • Latch GCM, Christensen MJ. Artificial infection of grasses with endophytes. Annals of Applied Biology 107, 17–24, 1985
  • Moore JR, Pratley JE, Mace WJ, Weston LA. Variation in alkaloid production from genetically diverse Lolium accessions infected with Epichloë species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63, 10355–65, 2015
  • *Nicol AM, Brookes IM. The metabolisable energy requirements of grazing livestock. In: Rattray PV, Brookes IM, Nicol AM (eds). Pasture and Supplements for Grazing Animals. Pp 151–72. New Zealand Society of Animal Production. Hamilton, NZ, 2007
  • Nicol AM, Klotz JL. Ergovaline, an endophytic alkaloid. 2. intake and impact on animal production, with reference to New Zealand. Animal Production Science 56, 1775–86, 2016
  • Parish JA, McCann MA, Watson RH, Paiva NN, Hoveland CS, Parks AH, Upchurch BL, Hill NS, Bouton JH. Use of nonergot alkaloid-producing endophytes for alleviating tall fescue toxicosis in stocker cattle. Journal of Animal Science 81, 2856–68, 2003
  • Poole DP, Littler RA, Smith BL, McLeay LM. Effects and mechanisms of action of the ergopeptides ergotamine and ergovaline and the effects of peramine on reticulum motility of sheep. American Journal of Veterinary Research 70, 270–6, 2009
  • Popay AJ, Hume DE. Endophytes improve ryegrass persistence by controlling insects. Pasture Persistence – Grassland Research and Practice 15, 149–56, 2011
  • Popay AJ, Hume DE, Baltus JG, Latch GCM, Tapper BA, Lyons TB, Cooper BM, Pennell CG, Eerens JPJ, Marshall SL. Field performance of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) infected with toxin-free fungal endophytes (Neotyphodium spp.). Ryegrass endophyte: an essential New Zealand symbiosis. Grassland Research and Practice Series 7, 113–22, 1999
  • Popay AJ, Hume DE, Davis KL, Tapper BA. Interactions between endophyte (Neotyphodium spp.) and ploidy in hybrid and perennial ryegrass cultivars and their effects on Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis). New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 46, 311–9, 2003
  • Popay AJ, Jensen JG. Soil biota associated with endophyte infected tall fescue in the field. New Zealand Plant Protection 58, 117–21, 2005
  • *Popay AJ, Tapper BA. Endophyte effects on consumption of seed and germinated seedlings of ryegrass and fescue by grass grub (Costelytra zealandica) larvae. New Zealand Grassland Association: Endophyte Symposium, Pp 353–5. 2007.
  • Popay AJ, Jensen JG, Cooper BM. The effect of non-toxic endophytes in tall fescue on two major insect pests. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 67, 169–73, 2005
  • Popay AJ, Tapper BA, Podmore C. Endophyte-infected meadow fescue and loline alkaloids affect Argentine stem weevil larvae. New Zealand Plant Protection 62, 19–27, 2009
  • Popay AJ, Wyatt RT. Resistance to Argentine stem weevil in perennial ryegrass infected with endophytes producing different alkaloids. Proceedings of New Zealand Plant Protection Conference 48, 229–36, 1995
  • Pownall DB, Familton AS, Field RJ, Fletcher LR, Lane GA. The effect of peramine ingestion in pen-fed lambs. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 55, 186, 1995
  • Rowan DD, Dymock JJ, Brimble MA. Effect of fungal metabolite peramine and analogs on feeding and development of Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis). Journal of Chemical Ecology 16, 1683–95, 1990
  • Schmidt SP, Hoveland CS, Clark EM, Davis ND, Smith LA, Grimes HW, Holliman JL. Association of an endophytic fungus with fescue toxicity in steers fed Kentucky 31 tall fescue seed or hay. Journal of Animal Science 55, 1259–63, 1982
  • *Simpson WR, Mace WJ. Novel associations between epichloid endophytes and grasses: possibilities and outcomes. In: Young CA, Aiken GE, McCulley RL, Strickland JR, Schardl CL (eds). Epichloae, Endophytes of Cool Season Grasses: Implications, Utilization and Biology. Pp 5–13. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Ardmore, OK, USA, 2012
  • Simpson WR, Schmid J, Singh J, Faville MJ, Johnson RD. A morphological change in the fungal symbiont Neotyphodium lolii induces dwarfing in its host plant Lolium perenne. Fungal Biology 116, 234–40, 2012
  • Tor-Agbidye J, Blythe LL, Craig AM. Correlation of endophyte toxins (ergovaline and lolitrem B) with clinical disease: fescue foot and perennial ryegrass staggers. Veterinary and Human Toxicology 43, 140–6, 2001
  • *Non-peer-reviewed.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.