Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortUrochloa mosambicensis, stolonifera type
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, environmental |
| 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. | 15 | 24 | 10 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 900 | 500 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | 23 | 22 | 28 | 29 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 8 | 6 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought, grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 70 | 210 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Bothriochloa pertusa, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Stylosanthes hamata, Stylosanthes humilis, Stylosanthes scabra | 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 |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |