Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTripsacum dactyloides
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem, C4 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 10 | 24 | 7 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1300 | 600 | 1500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 38 | 42 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -30 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought, flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 140 | 300 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | non | low | low | |
| phase planting | Panicum coloratum | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |