Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortParthenium argentatum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials |
| Life span | perennial | 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. | 20 | 34 | 8 | 49 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 800 | 250 | 2100 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 8 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -23 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 90 | 240 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| sole cropping | high | low | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | latex/rubber | bark |
| material | latex/rubber | roots |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | paper | bark |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | entire plant |