Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCichorium intybus
Description | |||
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Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, medicinals & aromatic |
Life span | biennial, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 10 | 30 | 6 | 35 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium |
Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 300 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
Latitude | 20 | 20 | 60 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies |
Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 330 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
food & beverage | minerals | roots |
food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
food additive | sweetener | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
medicinal | digestive system applications | entire plant |
medicinal | endocrine system applications | entire plant |