Table 1:
Principal growth stages
Stage Description
0 Germination / sprouting / bud development
1 Leaf development (main shoot)
2 Formation of side shoots / tillering
3 Stem elongation or rosette growth / shoot development
(main shoot)
4 Development of harvestable vegetative plant parts or vegetatively
propagated organs / booting (main shoot)
5 Inflorescence emergence (main shoot) / heading
6 Flowering (main shoot)
7 Development of fruit
8 Ripening or maturity of fruit and seed
9 Senescence, beginning of dormancy