Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcroceras macrum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem, C3 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 26 | 12 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1500 | 625 | 2000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 7.3 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Hemarthria altissima, Lotononis bainesii, Lotus uliginosus, Trifolium fragiferum, Trifolium repens, Trifolium semipilosum, Vigna parkeri, Trifolium spp. | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |