Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBrassica juncea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials |
| Life span | annual | 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. | 15 | 28 | 7 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 2400 | 500 | 4200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 50 | 100 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |