Data sheet

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Brassica carinata

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, vegetables, cover crop
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	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.	10	25	5	35	Soil texture	medium, organic	medium, light, organic
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1500	800	1700	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	30	35	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	50	2600	Soil salinity
Soil PH	5.5	8	5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf)	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	small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	0	0
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping
	inter-cropping

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	protein	leaves
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
food & beverage	protein	entire plant
food & beverage	vitamins	entire plant
food & beverage	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	seeds
animal food (feed)	minerals	seeds
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
food additive	condiment/seasoning	seeds
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
environmental	soil improvers	seeds
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
fuels	petroleum substitutes/alcohol	seeds