Team:Marburg/Cell-Free/Plants Used/Soy
Glycine max
Colloquial name
Soybean
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Glycine
Habitat
Northern China and Japan, sunny and sheltered from the wind
Germ type
Dark germs
Germination time
about 6 days
Growth
6-8 weeks vegetative period
Planting conditions
Needs to be sowed 4 cm under soil (2-3 cm in heavy soils and 3-4 cm light soils), keep soil moist or wrap seeds in damp paper towel over night before sowing
Light requirements
16 h light/ 8 hours dark diurnal cycle
Temperature requirements
Soil needs to be above 12 °C, then soy is very tolerable of cold temperatures (can withstand -7°C)
Water requirements
Water every 2 days
Moisture requirements
Soil(mixed with Sand)should be kept moist not wet
Fertilizer
High demand for nitrogen and phosphate, 20-20-20 fertilizer (NKP) once per week
Pot diameter
minimum 15 cm diameter
Size
20- 80 cm
Usage
Is grown on 6% of global agricultural land and is the world's most important oilseed, production of biodiesel
Sources
- Brandt, W., Gürke, M., Köhler, F. E., Pabst, G., Schellenberg, G., & Vogtherr, Max. (1883). Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte :Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, zum Codex medicamentarius, sowie zur Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America /herausgegeben von G. Pabst. Fr. Eugen Köhler,. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.623