User:Laumar

User: Laumar

Welcome to my user page. I will work here on an article on the alternative crop Synsepalum dulcificum.

Possible: improvements to the existing article are marked below:

Alternative Crops:  Synsepalum dulcificum

Basic information

name, image, harvested organ -> ok

systematics, life form, and strategy -> ok add: NEW CHAPTER CHARACTERISTICS leaves 5-10cm long, 2-3.7cm wide, glabrous below, flowers brown, fruits red 2cm long, one seed per fruit

origin and regions of cultivation -> origin ok, r.o.c. no '''add: cultivated in Ghana, Puerto Rico and south Florida '''

Product

yields, area, importance of WFS -> no

development of yield through time and regions -> no

cultivars -> no

product use and processing technology -> ok add: introduction -> twig used as chewstick

special compounds and nutritive value -> special compounds ok, nutritive value partly add: introduction -> binds to ACID/SOUR tast buds

Production

soil requirements -> ok (little)

climate requirements -> ok (little) add: tolerates drought and full sunshine

seedbed requirements and sowing -> no add: tolerates slope

cultivation management, fertilization etc. -> no add: needs 14-21 days to germinate, spacing of 4x4 m attained

harvest and postharvest treatment -> ok (little) '''change: start to bear fruits after 3-4 years (incl. citation) '''

Biology

growth, development -> ok

physiology -> no

interactions,: pests, diseases, symbionts -> no add: in africa, leaves are attacked by lepidopterous larvae, fruits by fruit-flies, fungus found on the plant: Rigidoporus microporus, Cylindrocladium pteridis and Phyllosticta sp

crop sequence requirements -> no

genetic preconditions for breeding, breeding aims -> no

literature