“…The BBCH scale can be two, three or four digits depending on how precise and detailed the growth stages should be described ( Martinelli, Andrzejewska, Salis, & Sulas, ). The phenological developments of many important economic crops such as pineapple – Ananas comosus (Zhang et al, ), Musaceae (Gonzales et al, ), Ziziphus jujube (Hernàndez et al, Hernández, Legua, Melgarejo, Martínez, & Martínez, ), cocoa – Theobroma sp. (Niemenak et al, ), Actinidia deliciosa ‘Hayward’ (Salinero, Vela, & Sainz, ), mango – Mangifera indica L. (Hernández Delgado et al, ), Prunus avium L. (Fadón, Herrero, & Rodrigo, ), torch ginger – Etlingera elatior (Choon & Ding, ), longan Dimocarpus longan (Pham, Herrero, & Hormaza, ) and several others were described employing this standard technique.…”