Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSaccharum officinarum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | Physiology | ||
| Habit | Category | ||
| Life span | Plant attributes | ||
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 37 | 15 | 41 | Soil texture | ||
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2000 | 1000 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 33 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 8 | 4.5 | 9 | Soil drainage | ||
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | Photoperiod | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 210 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | sweetener | stems |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | stems |
| food & beverage | minerals | stems |
| food & beverage | minerals | flowers |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | fibres | bark |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | stems |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | stems |
| fuels | alcohol | stems |