TerraLife® components
Niger
Guizotia abyssinica
Characteristics
- Leaves: lanceolate, serrated or margins entire
- Height: up to 1.8 m
- Flowers: yellow, 2-3 heads stand together
- Root: Taproot with lateral roots, up to 30 cm deep
Environmental needs
- No special claims
- pH value 5.3 to 7.3
- Sensitive to frost
Use
- Catch crop
Green manure
- Susceptible to Rhizoctonia and Sclerotinia → keep care of position in crop rotations
- Weed suppression
- Dies off reliably with frost
- Biomass rots easily (dark coloured)
Function within TerraLife®
- Dry germinating
- Shallow rooting
- Tilth improver
- Mycorrhization-promoter
- Epigeogenous rhizome