Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDigitaria didactyla
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental |
| 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. | 25 | 35 | 15 | 42 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1100 | 700 | 1250 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 10 | - | 20 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 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 | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought, grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Desmodium triflorum, Zornia maculata, Glycine sp., Arachis pintoi, Aeschynomene falcata, Stylosanthes guianensis, Lotononis bainesii, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Trifolium repens | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |