Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTetrachne dregei
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem, C4 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 20 | 8 | 24 | Soil texture | light | light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 350 | 650 | 300 | 700 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 26 | 25 | 34 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 1200 | 2500 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 7 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | grazing/browsing, trampling | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Themeda triandra, Festuca costata, Festuca scabra, Festuca caprina, Pentaschistis sp., Merxmuellera disticha, Elionurus muticus, Heteropogon contortus, Eragrostis chloromelas, Eragrostis capensis, Eragrostis curvula | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |