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Resistance of 20 Cultivars of Onions (Allium cepa) to Rotting and Sprouting during High-Temperature Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. R. Stow
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick*

Summary

Bulbs of 20 onion cultivars were stored at 30°C and assessed for rotting and sprouting. No evidence of heritable resistance to high-temperature rotting was found, but the suppression of sprouting by high temperatures appeared to be a common character of onion cultivars.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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