Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBeta vulgaris var. crassa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | roots/tubers, forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | biennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1500 | 500 | 2500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 30 | 10 | 45 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 6.8 | 5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), 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), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -6 | Killing temp. early growth | -3 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 55 | 90 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | roots |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |
| material | dye/tannin | roots |
| medicinal | roots | |