Facts about Rye
Ry?an-ji (Shinjitai, ???; Ky?jitai, ???, The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto.
Rye is also grown in North America (Canada and the USA), in South America (Argentina), in Turkey, in Kazakstan, and in northern China.
Rye is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) within the Pooideae subfamily of grasses.
Major crop genera are found in this tribe including wheat and barley, and rye.
Rye bread, including pumpernickel, is a widely eaten food in Northern and Eastern Europe.
Historically, damp northern countries that have depended on rye as a staple crop were subject to periodic epidemics of this condition.
Most of rye is consumed locally, and is exported only to neighboring counties, but not worldwide.
Production levels of rye are falling in most of the producing nations due to falling demand.
Rye flour has a lower gluten content than wheat flour, and contains a higher proportion of soluble fiber.
Rye is known as a hardy plant that can be grown where conditions (soil, climate) may be unfavorable for other cereal crops.
The wild ancestor of rye has not been identified with certainty, but is one of a number of species that grow wild in central and eastern Turkey and adjacent areas.
Rye straw is used to make corn dollies and for roof thatching, animal bedding, and mattresses, among other uses, given its tough nature.
Often marketed as Oralmat, rye extract is a liquid obtained from rye and similar to that extracted from wheatgrass.
Rye is a cereal and should not be confused with Ryegrass which is used for lawns, pasture, and hay for livestock.
Claims of much earlier cultivation of rye,at the Epipalaeolithic site of Tell Abu Hureyra in the Euphrates valley of northern Syria remain controversial.
The flame moth, rustic shoulder-knot and turnip moth are among the species of Lepidoptera whose larvae feed on rye.
Consumption of ergot-infected rye by humans and animals results in a serious medical condition known as ergotism.
Main rye belt stretches from northern Germany through Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Latvia into central and northern Russia.
Major crop genera are found in this tribe including wheat and barley, and rye.
Rye is the common name for the cereal grass Secale cereale, grown extensively as a grain crop.
Claims of much earlier cultivation of rye,at the Epipalaeolithic site of Tell Abu Hureyra in the Euphrates valley of northern Syria remain controversial.
