Some Quality Characters of Six Sudanese Onion Cultivars

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• Volume 2 Issue 2, March, 2015

Year:

2015

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

River Nile State, Onion Cultivars, Six Sudanese, Skin Color

Authors:

Eltyeb, Mohammed Ahmed; Elhasan, Gaafar Mohammed

Journal:

IJRAS

Volume:

2

Number:

2

Pages:

57-58

Month:

m

ISSN:

2348- –

Note:

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Abstract:

This research was carried out at Hudeiba Research Station Farm, in the River Nile State, in season’s 2003/04-2004/05 to study the performance of six Sudanese open pollinated onion cultivars namely; Saggai, an improved cultivar with pink red skin color; Kamleen with yellow skin color; El-Hillo (Nassi) white skin color; Abufrawa with deep red skin color; Wadhamid with yellow skin color and Zeidab with red skin color. The results showed a considerable variation the released cultivars, Saggai, Kamleen and El-Hilo showed the best quality characters. Cultivars Wadhamid, Abufrawa and Zeidab gave the lowest values in some quality characters (premature bolting, dry matter content and total soluble solid)

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