Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDesmanthus virgatus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, shrub | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, cover crop, environmental |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 32 | 15 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2000 | 250 | 3000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought, coastal salt spray, salt winds | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 100 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | low | low | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | cover crop | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |