- This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 3 years, 3 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Rye is more sensitive to ergot than other cereals. When rye contains 0.5% or more of ergot, it is considered unfit for food or feed, the sclerotia contains a large number of poisonous alkaloids and ingestion can be fatal. Resistant varieties are not yet available., but the infection can be partly controlled by sowing ergot-free seed or year old-seed on land where rye has not been grown for the previous 1 or 2 years. Ergot bodies can be removed by immersing infested rye in a 20% salt solution. The grain is stirred, and ergot bodies float to the surface where they can be skimmed off. The salt must be washed from the seed, and the seed partly dried before it is sown.
Other common pests are: Xanthomonas translucens, Barley yellow dwarf virus (Control of aphid population can provide some control of disease).
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
