BBCH-scale (other Brassica Vegetables)
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In biology, the BBCH-scale for other brassica vegetables 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 leave ...
development of vegetables such as
brussels sprout The Brussels sprout is a member of the Gemmifera cultivar group of cabbages (''Brassica oleracea''), grown for its edible buds. Etymology Though native to the Mediterranean region with other cabbage species, Brussels sprouts first appeared i ...
s,
cauliflower Cauliflower is one of several vegetables cultivated from the species '' Brassica oleracea'' in the genus '' Brassica'', which is in the Brassicaceae (or mustard) family. Cauliflower usually grows with one main stem that carries a large, rou ...
and
broccoli Broccoli (''Brassica oleracea'' var. ''italica'') is an edible green plant in the Brassicaceae, cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus ''Brassica'') whose large Pseudanthium, flowering head, plant stem, stalk and small associated leafy gre ...
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 pla ...
. The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of other brassica vegetables are: 1 For broccoli
2 For brussels sprout
3 For cauliflower and broccoli


References

* {{cite journal , author1 = C. Feller , author2 = H. Bleiholder , author3 = L. Buhr , author4 = H. Hack , author5 = M. Hess , author6 = R. Klose , author7 = U. Meier , author8 = R. Stauss , author9 = T. van den Boom , author10 = E. Weber , title = Phänologische Entwicklungsstadien von Gemüsepflanzen: I. Zwiebel-, Wurzel-, Knollen- und Blattgemüse. , journal = Nachrichtenbl. Deut. Pflanzenschutzd. , volume = 47 , pages = 193–206 , date = 1995 BBCH-scale