Rye is a hardy cereal grass grown for grain, cover cropping and forage, tolerant of poor soils and cold that would fail wheat. Disputed evidence places rye among the cereals systematically cultivated as early as 13,000 years ago in the Euphrates valley of northern Syria; the more securely dated record shows it appearing in small quantities at Neolithic sites in Anatolia before becoming an independently cultivated crop in central Europe's Bronze Age, around 1800 to 1500 BC, likely spreading north first as an unintentional weed mixed into wheat fields.
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Scientific Name Domesticated When (Circa)Circa 1800 to 1500 BC as an independently cultivated crop in central Europe's Bronze Age (a disputed, less secure claim places early cultivation as far back as 13,000 years ago in northern Syria) 1 Disputed
Domestication RegionDisputed: possibly Euphrates valley, northern Syria; securely established as an independent crop in central Europe 1 A disputed early claim places systematic cultivation in the Euphrates valley of northern Syria; the securely dated record instead shows independent cultivation established in central Europe. Era
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Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) is historically and agronomically most associated with rye among cereal crops (confirmed by web search this session).
Repeated rye harvest failures from severe cold are central to accounts of the Finnish famine of 1866-1868; rye was Finland's historic bread grain.
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In Scandinavia, rye was a staple food in the Middle Ages, and rye crispbread remains a popular food in the region.
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Evidence uncovered at the Epipalaeolithic site of Tell Abu Hureyra in the Euphrates valley of northern Syria suggests that rye was among the first cereal crops to be systematically cultivated, around 13,000 years ago.
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Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) is a fungal disease that affects wheat, barley, rye stems, leaves and grains.
Rice Blast (Wikipedia)
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Members of the M. grisea complex can also infect other agriculturally important cereals including wheat, rye, barley, and pearl millet causing diseases called blast disease or blight disease.
Fusarium Head Blight (Wikipedia)
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Fusarium ear blight (FEB) (also called Fusarium head blight, FHB, or scab), is a fungal disease of cereals, including wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale.
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Fusarium ear blight (FEB) (also called Fusarium head blight, FHB, or scab), is a fungal disease of cereals, including wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale.
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C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species such as rye (its most common host), as well as triticale, wheat and barley.
Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (Wikipedia)
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WSMV infects some of the most agriculturally important members of the family Poaceae, including wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, sorghum, and millet; additionally, some grassy weeds have been known to serve as alternate hosts. == Diagnosis == “Serious infection of winter wheat occurs in early fall, but symptoms usually do not develop until spring.
Claviceps purpurea (Wikipedia)
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C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species such as rye (its most common host), as well as triticale, wheat and barley.
Heterodera avenae (Wikipedia)
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Heterodera avenae, the cereal cyst nematode or European cyst nematode, is a plant pathogen and an obligate parasite of cereal crops including barley, oats, wheat and rye.
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