Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAnthephora pubescens
| 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 | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 28 | 12 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 350 | 600 | 175 | 950 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 15 | 35 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.8 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -5 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought | Abiotic suscept. | flooding |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 150 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Stylosanthes guianensis var. intermedia, Stylosanthes scabra | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |