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• 6- By field inoculation or field cultivation .
e.g.Fenugreek, Ergot.

Controlled field cultivation on rye is the
main source of the crude drug.

Cultivation of medicinal Ergot, involve
mechanical inoculation of the ovary of rye
(Secale cornutum) plants with spores of the
fungus Claviceps purpurea.
(sclerotium stage)
Alkaloids of Ergot are to be considered
saprophytic products.

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