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Descriptor English: Secale
Descriptor Spanish: Secale
Descriptor Secale cereale
Entry term(s) centeno
Scope note: Género de la familia de las gramíneas (Poaceae) que incluye la especie bien conocida Secale cereale (centeno).
Descriptor Portuguese: Secale
Descriptor French: Secale
Entry term(s): Rye
Ryes
Secale cereale
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.822.857
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012434
Scope note: Genus in the grass family (Poaceae) including well known species Secale cereale (rye).
Annotation: do not confuse with Secale cornutum ( = ERGOT FUNGUS see CLAVICEPS) nor entry term RYE with RYE GRASS see LOLIUM; the rye-wheat hybrid TRITICALE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see SECALE CEREALE 2003-1015, see RYE 1991-2002, see CEREALS 1985-1990, see GRAIN 1963-1984
History Note: 2016 (1963)
DeCS ID: 12806
Unique ID: D012434
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Secale - Preferred
Concept UI M0019320
Scope note Genus in the grass family (Poaceae) including well known species Secale cereale (rye).
Preferred term Secale
Secale cereale - Narrower
Concept UI M0019319
Scope note A hardy EDIBLE 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 CEREAL crop.
Preferred term Secale cereale
Entry term(s) Rye
Ryes



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