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Eragrostis tef

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, materials
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	22	28	2	30	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1200	300	2500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	5	-	20	45	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2800	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.5	5	8.2	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), 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	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	wind
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	65	150
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	ratoon cropping	rapeseed, safflower, sunflower, chickpea, field pea, faba bean, haricot bean
	ley cropping	maize, sorghum

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	starch	seeds
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
material	fibres	leaves