Table 5.

Ergovaline concentrations of tall fescue infected with different Epichloë coenophiala genotypes.

Endophyte genotypea	B10 allele sizes (bp)	B11 allele sizes (bp)	No. of plants tested	States represented	Range of [Ergovaline] (ppm)
E. coenophiala profile 1-1	161, 170, 184	147, 191	5	GA, KY, TN, TX, WV	2.2–7.1
E. coenophiala profile 1-2	139, 170, 184	163, 191	1	GA	4.1
E. coenophiala profile 2-1	152, 161, 178	171, 195	11	AL, GA, KY, MO, MS, PA, TN, TX, WV	1.7–7.8
E. coenophiala profile 2-2	152, 161, 178	183, 195	2	AL, TX	1.2–9.3
E. coenophiala profile 2-3	161, 173, 178	171, 195	3	GA (NY)b, PA	2.4–5.5
E. coenophiala profile 2-4	161, 173, 178	171, 210	2	KY, MS	1.9–8.4
E. coenophiala profile 3-1	161, 170, 178	155, 163	1	PA	4.2

^aBased on designations from Takach and Young (2014).

^bIdentified from the GA-5 line and represents the clone from NY (see Figure 2).