Significant variation exists among laboratories measuring onion bulb quality traits

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1086-1087

  Havey, Michael J ^a   Cantwell, Marita ^b   Jones, Meriel G ^c   Jones, Richard W ^d   Schmidt, Norman E ^e   Uhlig, John ^f   Watson, J F ^g   Sun Yoo, Kil ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^g Sunseeds   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Pungency; Soluble solids

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HARVESTING; SAMPLING; STANDARDS;

ONION BULB; PUNGENCY;

LABORATORIES;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0036947857     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.7.1086     Document Type: Article

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