Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBrachiaria ramosa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 17 | 26 | 9 | 32 | Soil texture | light | light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 800 | 440 | 900 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | excessive (dry/moderately dry) | excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | light shade | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 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 | 90 | 150 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |