Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAmaranthus hybridus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 30 | 8 | 35 | Soil texture | medium | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 600 | 300 | 700 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 4 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | flooding | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 30 | 60 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |