Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCicer arietinum
Description | |||
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Life form | herb | Physiology | |
Habit | erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes) |
Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small 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 | 29 | 7 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 300 | 1800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | - | - | 30 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 6 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 9.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), 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) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -9 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
ratoon cropping | pearl millet, sorghum, maize, cotton, guar, sesame, rice, jute, durum wheat, wheat, barley, linseed, rapeseed, safflower, tef, faba bean, berseem | |||
inter-cropping | safflower, sorghum, maize |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | protein | seeds |
food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
food & beverage | vitamins | seedlings |
food & beverage | minerals | seedlings |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
medicinal | fruits |