From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications
Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.), a cereal with valuable agronomic and nutritional benefits, contributes to sustainable agriculture, especially in areas where more demanding crops cannot be cultivated due to the poor agronomic value of soil. This review explores rye grain quality optimizat...
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| description | Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.), a cereal with valuable agronomic and nutritional benefits, contributes to sustainable agriculture, especially in areas where more demanding crops cannot be cultivated due to the poor agronomic value of soil. This review explores rye grain quality optimization strategies through production techniques. The quality and yield of grain are under the significant impact of agronomic factors, such as variety selection, crop rotation, soil tillage, fertilization, sowing practices, chemical protection, and harvest timing. It is also under the strong influence of the chosen farm’s management strategy, like organic or conventional farming system. This review emphasizes its diverse potential utilization routes, and the importance of bioactive compounds, dietary fibers, phenolic acids, phytoestrogens, and benzoxazinoids that enhance its value as a functional food. Cereal grain with quality issues cannot be used as food for humans, however, it can still be utilized alternatively as a renewable biofuel. This review showed rye grain to have a potential to contribute to sustainable agriculture and at the same time build farms’ resilience through possible alternative utilization strategies. It can serve as both a food source and a sustainable biofuel, offering a dual-purpose solution within the circular bioeconomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3da7d974fd8a4d5092a16e664e5c4e742025-08-20T02:23:07ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582025-06-011411197110.3390/foods14111971From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel ApplicationsAdam Kleofas Berbeć0Marta Wyzińska1Department of Agroecology and Economics, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation—State Research Institute, 24-100 Pulawy, PolandDepartment of Crops and Yield Quality, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation—State Research Institute, 24-100 Pulawy, PolandRye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.), a cereal with valuable agronomic and nutritional benefits, contributes to sustainable agriculture, especially in areas where more demanding crops cannot be cultivated due to the poor agronomic value of soil. This review explores rye grain quality optimization strategies through production techniques. The quality and yield of grain are under the significant impact of agronomic factors, such as variety selection, crop rotation, soil tillage, fertilization, sowing practices, chemical protection, and harvest timing. It is also under the strong influence of the chosen farm’s management strategy, like organic or conventional farming system. This review emphasizes its diverse potential utilization routes, and the importance of bioactive compounds, dietary fibers, phenolic acids, phytoestrogens, and benzoxazinoids that enhance its value as a functional food. Cereal grain with quality issues cannot be used as food for humans, however, it can still be utilized alternatively as a renewable biofuel. This review showed rye grain to have a potential to contribute to sustainable agriculture and at the same time build farms’ resilience through possible alternative utilization strategies. It can serve as both a food source and a sustainable biofuel, offering a dual-purpose solution within the circular bioeconomy.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/14/11/1971bioactive compounds<i>Secale cereale</i>grain qualityenergy cropsdietshealth |
| spellingShingle | Adam Kleofas Berbeć Marta Wyzińska From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications Foods bioactive compounds <i>Secale cereale</i> grain quality energy crops diets health |
| title | From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications |
| title_full | From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications |
| title_fullStr | From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications |
| title_short | From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications |
| title_sort | from nutrition to energy evaluating the role of rye i secale cereale i l grain in sustainable food systems and biofuel applications |
| topic | bioactive compounds <i>Secale cereale</i> grain quality energy crops diets health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/14/11/1971 |
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