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Phenology
The production of fruits and vegetables begins with seed germination and progresses through several distinct developmental stages: leaf expansion, the formation of lateral shoots, stem elongation in preparation for inflorescence emergence, flowering, fruit development and maturation, and, finally, the senescence of the entire plant. These growth stages, referred to as phenological stages, are closely influenced by climatic conditions.
To standardize and simplify the identification of these stages in plants, the BBCH scale provides a universal system for uniformly coding phenological growth stages.
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