Codes and detailed crop-specific descriptions are presented for the growth stages of the mango tree,
contributing to the standardization of international testing systems in fruit growing. Based on the general
BBCH-scale, the one for mango uses 7 of the 10 principal stages (0–9), thus growth stages for bud, leaf
and shoot development, inflorescence emergence, flowering, fruit development and fruit maturity are
described. Secondary stages (also from 0 to 9) are numbered related to ordinal or percentage values of
growth. The scale also uses mesostages, between the principal and secondary stages, to distinguish the
different vegetative flushes and the principal terminal inflorescence emergence from the later axillary
one, subsequent to terminal flowering failure. A feature of the system is that homologous stages of
different crops are presented by the same codes.