Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortIpomoea batatas
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | Physiology | ||
| Habit | Category | ||
| Life span | Plant attributes | ||
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 28 | 10 | 38 | Soil texture | ||
| Rainfall (annual) | 750 | 2000 | 350 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 32 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | ||
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | Photoperiod | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 1 | Killing temp. early growth | 5 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 80 | 170 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| fuels | alcohol | roots |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | roots |