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Fagopyrum esculentum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, cover crop
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	27	7	40	Soil texture	medium, light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1000	400	1300	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	60	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4.4	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial, protected cultivation	Crop cycle	55	85
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping
	ratoon cropping	peas, small grains, winter barley, winter wheat, rye, potatoes, oats, tobacco, sweet corn, rape, sesame

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	protein	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
animal food (feed)	protein	seeds
animal food (feed)	minerals	seeds
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
medicinal		leaves
medicinal		flowers