Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortZea mays
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | Physiology | ||
| Habit | Category | ||
| Life span | Plant attributes | ||
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 33 | 10 | 47 | Soil texture | ||
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1200 | 400 | 1800 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 48 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 4000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | ||
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | Photoperiod | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 65 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ratoon cropping | legumes | |||
| inter-cropping | peanuts, okra, pumpkins, melons | |||
| alley cropping | grain legumes (Vigna unguiculata), soybeans (Glycine max), Acacia auriculiformis, Cajanus cajan | |||
| normadism | coconut, mango, mung bean, oil-palm, young rubber trees | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | starch | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | skin applications | seeds |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | seeds |
| fuels | alcohol | seeds |