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Secale cereale
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Definition
: A hardy grain crop, rye, grown in northern climates. It is the most frequent host to ergot (CLAVICEPS), the toxic fungus. Its hybrid with TRITICUM is TRITICALE, another grain.
do not confuse X ref SECALE with Secale cornutum (
Other names
Rye; Secale
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cernilton
8054-43-1
*Plant Extracts
*Secale cereale.
Fol Pharmacol Jpn 70(5):612;1974