In biology, the BBCH-scale for coffee describes the

phenological Phenology is the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation). Examples include the date of emergence of leav ...

development of bean plants using the

BBCH-scale The BBCH-scale is used to identify the phenological development stages of plants. BBCH-scales have been developed for a range of crop species where similar growth stages of each plant are given the same code. Phenological development stages of plan ...

. The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of coffee plants are:

References

* {{cite journal , last = Arcila-pulgarin , first = J. , author2=L. Buhr , author3=H. Bleiholder , author4=H. Hack , author5=U. Meier , author6=H. Wicke , title = Application of the "Extended BBCH – Scale" for the description of the growth stages of coffee (Coffea sp) , journal = Ann. Appl. Biol. , volume = in press , pages = , date = BBCH-scale Coffee chemistry