Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPaspalum dilatatum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 13 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1300 | 750 | 1700 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 28 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | -3 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought, flooding, grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Acroceras macrum, Axonopus fissifolius, Chloris gayana, Setaria sphacelata, Arachis pintoi, Lotus uliginosus, Trifolium repens, Trifolium semipilosum, Vigna parkeri | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |