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Chenopodium pallidicaule

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	pulses (grain legumes), medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	10	16	5	28	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	800	300	1100	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	15	15	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	1500	4400	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7.5	4.8	8.5	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 dry summer (Cs), 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	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-3
Abiotic toler.	hail, wind, drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	90	150
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	bitter potato, Andean tubers	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

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