Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPennisetum clandestinum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 26 | 5 | 31 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1600 | 700 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 22 | 27 | Soil Al. tox | low (6-15% of CEC) | high (<5% of CEC) |
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | light shade | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -9 | Killing temp. early growth | -2 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought, flooding, grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 180 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Arachis pintoi, Trifolium repens, Trifolium burchellianum, Trifolium semipilosum, Vigna parkeri | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |