Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCentropodia glauca
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem, C4 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 10 | 45 | Soil texture | light | light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 150 | 200 | 100 | 250 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 18 | 30 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | excessive (dry/moderately dry) | excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |