Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortManihot esculenta
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 29 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1500 | 500 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 7 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | protein | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | starch | roots |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |
| fuels | alcohol | roots |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | roots |