Lens culinaris L.
Legume Type
- Lentil
Vegetative Growth Stages
VE • Seedling emergence, cotyledonary node visible
V1 • 1st simple leaf unfolded at 1st node
V2 • 2nd simple leaf unfolded at 2nd node
V3 • 1st bifoliate leaf unfolded at 3rd node
V4 • 2nd bifoliate leaf unfolded at 4th node
V5 • 1st multifoliate leaf unfolded at 5rd node [Fig. 1]
Vn • nth multifoliate leaf unfolded at nth node
Reproductive Growth Stages
R1 • Early bloom, one open flower at any node
R2 • Full bloom, flower open on nodes 10–13 of basal branch
R3 • Early pod, pods on nodes 10–13 of primary branch visible
R4 • Flat pod, pods on nodes 10–13 at full length and largely flat [Fig. 2]
R5 • Early seed, seed in any pod on nodes 10–13 fill pod cavity
R6 • Full seed, seed on nodes 10–13 fill the pod cavities [Fig. 3]
Physiological Maturity
R7 • Leaves are yellowing, 50% of pods yellowed
R8 • 90% of pods are golden-brown
- http://legume.ipmpipe.org
- http://wiki.bugwood.org/PIPE:Legume
- http://www.apsnet.org/ - Compendium of Chickpea & Lentil Diseases and Pests
Courtesy of H. F. Schwartz and Weidong Chen (USDA-ARS at Washington State University) [07/10]