Yield of Six Sudanese Onion Cultivars

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• Volume 2 Issue 2, March, 2015

Year:

2015

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Six Sudanese, Onion Cultivars, River Nile State, Vegetative Growth

Authors:

Eltyeb, Mohammed Ahmed; Elhasan, Gaafar Mohammed

Journal:

IJRAS

Volume:

2

Number:

2

Pages:

59-60

Month:

March

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 in vegetative growth among the six cultivars, where cultivars Kamleen and Wad hamid produced more foliage than others and earliness bulbing. Cultivar Kamleen gave the highest total and marketable yield (ton/ha), while Zeidab gave the lowest yield in the two seasons. Cultivar Abufrawa matured earlier, while cultivar Saggai matured latest

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