Alkylresorcinols (ARs) were first proposed as potential biomarkers of wholegrain wheat and rye intake a decade ago. Since then there has been a considerable body of research which suggests that ARs do meet most criteria of a biomarker of these foods. Results from human studies on plasma AR and their plasma and urinary metabolites strongly indicate that these compounds are responsive to whole gr...

Intake of phytosterols (and -stanols) has been shown to decrease the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and thus protect against development of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, studies on the cultivar and year-to-year variation in phytosterol content in rye grains have been performed. The phytosterol content and composition of different rye cultivars, grown under identical conditio...

The cold stability of cortical microtubules in root-tip cells of winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv Puma) is altered by growth temperature (GP Kerr, JV Carter [1990] Plant Physiol 93:77-82). One hypothesis for the basis of this alteration is that different tubulin isotypes are present at different growth temperatures, and that the cold stability of microtubules is affected by these isotypic diffe...

Identifying more cost effective and perceived environmentally friendly techniques for cover crop management can increase their use. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and economic viability of using a mechanical rollercrimper as an alternativekillmethod for cover crops. Three cover crops, rye (Secale cereale L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and black oat (Avena strigosa S...

To identify the developmental stage during which the preferential inactivation of rRNA genes from the rye parent occurs in wheat x rye hybrids, nucleolar activity was evaluated in the embryo and endosperm of developing seeds of the hybrids. The hybrids were obtained from crosses of euploid and aneuploid lines of hexaploid wheat, Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring, with rye, Secale cereale cv....

Seeds from the myxospermous species Plantago ovata release a polysaccharide-rich mucilage upon contact with water. This seed coat derived mucilage is composed predominantly of heteroxylan (HX) and is utilized as a gluten-free dietary fiber supplement to promote human colorectal health. In this study, a gamma-irradiated P. ovata population was generated and screened using histological stains and...

The lethal chlorophyll mutant is described in this work. It is characterized by irregular, transversal, yellow stripes of equal width on the leaf blade of seedlings. Those seedlings usually produced 2 leaves (though at times 3 or 4), however they did not propagate and some of them died out by the end of November. The way of inheritance of this trait was defined on the basis of segregation of pl...

Primary leaves of rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Kustro) show a heterogeneous, tissue-specific pattern of flavonoids being composed of the two C-glycosylflavone glycosides isovitexin 2"-0-arabinoside and isovitexin 2"-0-galactoside (located in the epidermal layers) [1, 2], the two flavone glycosides luteolin 7O-diglucuronide and luteolin 7-O-diglucuronide 4'O-glucuronide [3] and the two anthocyanin...