In biology, the BBCH-scale for hops 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 ''
Humulus lupulus
''Humulus lupulus'', the common hop or hops, is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family Cannabinaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and North America. It is a perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early sp ...
'' (
hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant '' Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to wh ...
) 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 hops are:
References
* {{cite journal
, last = Rossbauer
, first = G.
, author2=L. Buhr , author3=H. Hack , author4=S. Hauptmann , author5=R. Klose , author6=U. Meier , author7=R. Staus , author8=E. Weber
, title = Phänologische Entwicklungsstadien von Kultur-Hopfen (Humulus lupulus L.).
, journal =
, volume =
, pages = 249–253
, date = 1995
BBCH-scale
Humulus