Wild rice - a potential new crop for Finland

Wild rice (Zizania palustris L.), an aquatic grass that grows naturally in lakes and slowly flowing rivers in North America, has been used as a food for thousands of years by some aboriginal tribes. In natural stands, the seeds mature in the autumn and overwinter on the lake bed. They germinate in M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P. MÄKELÄ, W. O. ARCHIBOLD, P. PELTONEN-SAINIO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2008-12-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5618