''Secale vavilovii'' is a species of
grass
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in law ...
(family
Poaceae), native to Turkey, the
Transcaucasus
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...
, Iraq, and Iran.
An annual, it is a
crop wild relative
A crop wild relative (CWR) is a wild plant closely related to a domesticated plant. It may be a wild ancestor of the domesticated (cultivated) plant or another closely related taxon.
Overview
The wild relatives of crop plants constitute an ...
of
rye
Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe ( Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is ...
(''Secale cereale'') and is being studied for its resistance to
Fusarium ear blight and
Septoria leaf blotch.
References
Rye
Flora of Turkey
Flora of the Transcaucasus
Flora of Iraq
Flora of Iran
Plants described in 1924
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