Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEchinochloa frumentacea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | 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. | 25 | 30 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 750 | 450 | 1000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 7.2 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 40 | 120 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |