Editing Rye (section)

=== Agroecology ===

[[Winter rye]] is any breed of rye planted in the autumn to provide ground cover for the winter. It grows during warmer days of the winter when sunlight temporarily warms the plant above freezing, even while there is general snow cover. It can be used as a cover crop to prevent the growth of [[winter-hardy]] weeds.<ref name="Burgos-2006">{{cite book |last1=Burgos |first1=Nilda R. |title=Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management |last2=Talbert |first2=Ronald E. |last3=Kuk |first3=Yong In |date=2006 |publisher=Haworth Press |isbn=978-1-56022-957-5 |editor1-last=Sing |editor1-first=Harinder P. |location= [[New York City|New York]] |page=110 |chapter=Grass-legume mixed cover crops for weed management |access-date=October 5, 2016 |editor2-last=Batish |editor2-first=Daisy Rani |editor3-last=Kohli |editor3-first=Ravinder Kumar |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Az-qoHPCnvYC&pg=PA110 |via= [[Google Books]] }}</ref>

Rye grows better than any other cereal in heavy [[clay]] and light sandy soil, and infertile or drought-affected soils. It can tolerate [[pH]] between 4.5 and 8.0, but soils having pH 5.0 to 7.0 are best suited for rye cultivation. Rye grows best in fertile, well-drained [[loam]] or clay-loam soils.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.eolss.net/ebooklib/bookinfo/soils-plant-growth-crop-production.aspx |title=Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production Volume II |date=2010 |publisher=[[EOLSS]] Publishers |isbn=978-1-84826-368-0 |editor=Willy H. Verheye |page=121 |chapter=Growth and Production of Oat and Rye |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511044506/https://www.eolss.net/ebooklib/bookinfo/soils-plant-growth-crop-production.aspx |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> As for temperature, the crop can thrive in subzero environments, assisted by the production of [[antifreeze protein|antifreeze polypeptide]]s (different from those produced by some fish and insects) by the leaves of winter rye.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hon |first1=W. C. |last2=Griffith |first2=M. |last3=Chong |first3=P. |last4=Yang |first4=D. S.-C. |date=March 1, 1994 |title=Extraction and Isolation of Antifreeze Proteins from Winter Rye (''Secale cereale'' L.) Leaves |journal=[[Plant Physiology (journal)|Plant Physiology]] |volume=104 |issue=3 |pages=971–980 |doi=10.1104/pp.104.3.971 |pmc=160695 |pmid=12232141}}</ref>

Rye is a common, [[grass weed|unwanted invader]] of [[winter wheat]] fields. If allowed to grow and mature, it may cause substantially reduced prices (docking) for harvested wheat.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyon |first1=Drew J. |last2=Klein |first2=Robert N |date=May 2007 |title=Rye Control in Winter Wheat |url=http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=106 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144910/http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=106 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2016 |publisher=Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, [[University of Nebraska]], Lincoln Extension |edition=Revised |orig-year=2002}}</ref>