Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBrachiaria decumbens
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 35 | 19 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 1800 | 900 | 2400 | Soil fertility | moderate | |
| Latitude | - | - | 24 | 27 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | 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 | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 90 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Stylosanthes sp., Centrosema sp., Pueraria phaseoloides, Pueraria sp., Desmodium heterophyllum | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |