Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDigitaria exilis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem, C4 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals |
| 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. | 22 | 27 | 18 | 31 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1600 | 400 | 2800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.1 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 130 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | seeds |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | entire plant |