Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCrambe abyssinica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1500 | 700 | 2500 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 30 | - | 50 | 65 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), boreal (E) | 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. | hail | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 100 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | seeds |