Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAvena sativa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, 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. | 16 | 20 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 250 | 1500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 45 | 40 | 60 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy 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 | neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -15 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 110 | 270 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | starch | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | seeds |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | seeds |
| medicinal | skin applications | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | leaves |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | bark |