Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPanicum maximum
Description | |||
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Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 19 | 30 | 6 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1800 | 650 | 4300 | Soil fertility | high | low |
Latitude | 18 | 16 | 27 | 29 | Soil Al. tox | low (6-15% of CEC) | medium (16-25% of CEC |
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 3.5 | 8.4 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | light shade | cloudy skies | heavy shade | very bright |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 70 | 150 |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
alley cropping | coconut | low | medium | |
phase planting | Chloris gayana, Centrosema pubescens, Pueraria phaseoloides, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Neonotonia wightii, Stylosanthes guianensis, Stylosanthes capitata, Stylosanthes macrocephala, Leucaena leucocephala, Clitoria ternatea, Desmanthus leptophyllus, Desmanthus virgatus, Medicago sativa, Desmodium sp., Melinis minutiflora | low | low |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
fuels | alcohol | bark |
fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | bark |