Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDaucus carota
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | biennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 24 | 3 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1200 | 400 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 20 | - | 55 | 63 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.8 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 40 | 150 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | sensory applications | roots |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | roots |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | seeds |
| material | essential oils | seeds |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | seeds |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | roots |