Does any one know the water requirements of qinoa?
Does any one know the fertilization requirements of quinoa?
Quinoa is basically a drought resistant crop grown most under tainted conditions and fares well under arid regions facing frequent droughts.Usual water requirement is 600_800mm and NPK requirement is 240kgN _ 200kgP- 80kgK/ha, depending upon initial soil fertility and cropping sequence..
Quinoa is basically a drought resistant crop grown most under tainted conditions and fares well under arid regions facing frequent droughts.Usual water requirement is 600_800mm and NPK requirement is 240kgN _ 200kgP- 80kgK/ha, depending upon initial soil fertility and cropping sequence..
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is being considered as a potential "new" crop for NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS). The CELSS concept will utilize plants to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and generate food, oxygen, and water for the crew of long-term human space missions. Criteria for selection of potential crops include nutritional composition, harvest index, canopy stature, and life cycle duration.
Quinoa is a potential crop for CELSS due to it's high productivity and desirable nutritional characteristics. Of special interest is quinoa's high protein and mineral concentrations, in addition, the amino acid is suitable for a balanced human diet. Typically, CELSS has had to combine the nutritional values of several crops to obtain a suitable concentrations of amino acids for a human diet; quinoa may serve as a suitable complement to a balanced human diet.
Quinoa seeds have an exceptionally well balanced amino acid profile. For example, lysine, an essential amino acid deficient in most grain crops exceeds the concentrations necessary for proper amino acid nutrition in humans. In addition, the sulfur containing amino acids, cystine, and methionine are found in concentrations that are unusually high compared to other plants. Many minerals are found at concentrations greater than that reported for most grain crops; providing they are found in bioavailable forms, calcium, magnesium, and potassium are found in sufficient quantities for a balanced human diet. Most of the other minerals necessary for a balanced diet are found in greater concentrations than in most other crops as well. The pericarp of the quinoa seed contains saponins which may useful in the human diet and other applications for long-term space travel...
Source ; Schlick, G. and D.L. Bubenheim. 1996. Quinoa: Candidate crop for NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems. p. 632-640. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA.
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