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Courtesy: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database /
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950.
Manual of the grasses of the United States.
USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC.
  • Common Name - Rye
  • Family: Poaceae or Graminae -- Grass family
  • Subfamily: Pooideae
  • Tribe: Triticeae
  • Genus: Secale
  • Species: Secale cereale
  • *2005 World Production 15,515,206 tonnes
  • *2005 World Harvest - 6,524,496 Ha
  • **Genome Size 8,000 Mb
  • Chromosome number : 7
  • 2n = 14
  • Photosynthetic pathway: C3


* Data obtained from FAOSTAT ProdSTAT 2006
** Data obtained from Arumuganathan, K., and E. Earle, 1991. "Nuclear DNA Content of Some Important Plant Species." Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, v9, 208-218. (Gramene Reference ID 8392)

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References:

  1. Allen, T. The World Supply of Fall (Winter) Rye. From Crop Development Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. URL:http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/cropsci/winter_cereals/
  2. Animal Feed Resources Information System. Secale Cereale Accessed July 2006.
  3. Armstrong, W.P. (20002-2006) Photos Of Some Important Cereal Grasses, Rye, Wheat, Sorghum & Rice. Accessed 6/2006 from http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph12.htm#rye
  4. Ecoport Database. (2002) Cereale Secale. Originally contributed by FAO Accessed from http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=1929&entityType=PL****&entityDisplayCategory=full April, 2006.
  5. FAOSTAT data, 2006. Last Accessed June 2006
  6. Hormel Foods. Rye. Glossary of Kitchen and Food Terms. Accessed 4/24/06
  7. Oelke, E.A., Oplinger, E.S., Bahri, H., Durgan, B. R., Putnam, D. H., Doll, J.D. and Kelling, K.A. (1990). Rye, in Alternative Field Crops Manual. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/rye.html
  8. Small, E. 1999. New crops for Canadian agriculture. p. 15-52. [Rye (Secale cereale L.)] In: J. Janick (ed.), Perspectives on new crops and new uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
  9. USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
  10. Wikipedia contributors (2006). Oat. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye.