TABLE 3.

Mean concentration of peramine and total loline alkaloids at the week 6 harvest in perennial ryegrass and tall fescue plants, infected with the endophyte Epichloë sp. FaTG-3, strain AR501.

	Mean concentration		Mean concentration of
	of peramine		total loline alkaloids
	(μg/g ± SD)		(μg/g ± SD)
Temperature regime (day/night)	Perennial ryegrass	Tall fescue	Perennial ryegrass	Tall fescue
12/6°C (cool)	5.62 (± 2.99) cde	4.22 (± 1.56) bcd	1.50 (± 0.00) a	14.78 (± 8.08) b
25/16°C (warm)	4.26 (± 3.24) bc	11.02 (± 5.40) ef	7.30 (± 7.68) a	89.53 (± 74.73) c
25/16°C and transferred to 12/6°C (warm to cool)	1.53 (± 1.47) a	2.92 (± 1.78) b	1.50 (± 0.00) a	27.00 (± 19.26) b
12/6°C and transferred to 25/16°C (cool to warm)	12.03 (± 6.25) ef	17.28 (± 3.89) f	26.05 (± 18.36) bc	171.30 (± 79.30) d

Means associated with the same alkaloid followed by the same letter are not significantly different as determined by ANOVA and Fisher’s protected LSD test (P > 0.05).