In biology, the BBCH-scale for musaceae 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
musaceae
Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves w ...
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 musaceae are:
* Harvested product
* post-harvest or storage treatments take place at stage 99, 909 or 9090
References
* {{cite journal
, last = Gonzales
, first = R.
, author2=C. Ruiz-Silvera , author3=L. Buhr , author4=H. Bleiholder , author5=H. Hack , author6=U. Meier , author7=H. Wicke
, title = Proposal for codification of the phenological cycle of edible Musaceae.
, journal = Ann. Appl. Biol.
, volume = In preparation
, pages =
, date =
External links
A downloadable version of the BBCH Scales
BBCH-scale