Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSecale cereale
Description | |||
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Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, cover crop, environmental |
Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 15 | 20 | 3 | 31 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 400 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | 45 | - | 60 | 70 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 4300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
Soil PH | 5.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies |
Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -18 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 110 | 270 |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
sole cropping | high | low |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | starch | seeds |
food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
food & beverage | protein | seeds |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
animal food (feed) | starch | seeds |
animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
material | paper | bark |
material | fibres | bark |
environmental | cover crop | entire plant |
environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |