Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortChenopodium album
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem, multi stem, C3 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, medicinals & aromatic, weed |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 18 | 3 | 31 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1200 | 300 | 3200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 50 | 79 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 4.2 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | 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 | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 270 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | protein | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | minerals | bulbs |
| food & beverage | protein | bulbs |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |