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Bothriochloa ischaemum

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	25	6	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light, wide	heavy, medium, light, wide
Rainfall (annual)	400	1000	350	1200	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	35	10	50	55	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1800	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5.5	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	fire, drought	Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	120	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	grasses	high	low

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant