Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPanicum antidotale
Description | |||
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Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
Habit | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture | |
Life span | perennial | Plant attributes |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 18 | 25 | 9 | 31 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 700 | 130 | 1700 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 240 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | starch | seeds |
food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |