Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDichanthium annulatum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 30 | 7 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1400 | 300 | 2600 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 8 | - | 28 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1375 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 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), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Bothriochloa insculpta, Dichanthium aristatum, Dichanthium caricosum, Desmanthus sp., Medicago sativa, Stylosanthes hamata, Stylosanthes seabrana | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |