Bolting, yield, and bulb decay of sweet onion as affected by nitrogen fertilization

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-149

  Díaz Pérez, Juan C ^a   Purvis, Albert C ^a   Paulk, J Thad ^a  

^a Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Bulb quality; Flowering; Seed stem; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; PEGASUS;

EID: 0037215917     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.1.0144     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Anderson, R.L. and L.A. Nelson. 1975. A family of models involving intersecting straight lines and concomitant experimental designs useful in evaluating response to fertilizer nutrients. Biometrics 31:303-318.
2. AOAC. 1990. Official Methods of Analysis. Assn. Off. Anal. Chem., Wash. D.C. p. 74.
3. Argo, W.R. and J.A. Biernbaum. 1996. The effect of lime, irrigation-water source, and water-soluble fertilizer on root-zone pH, electrical conductivity, and macronutrient management of container root media with impatiens. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121:442-452.
4. Batal, K.M., K. Bondari, D.M. Granberry, and B.G. Mullinix. 1994. Effects of source, rate, and frequency of N application on yield, marketable grades and decay incidence of sweet onion (Allium cepa L. cv. Granex-33). J. Hort. Sci. 69:1043-1051.
5. Boyhan, G.E., D.M. Granberry, and W.T. Kelley (eds.). 2001. Onion production guide. Univ. Ga. College Agr. Environ. Sci. Bul. 801.
6. Boyhan, G.E. and R.L. Torrance. 2002. Vidalia onions - Sweet onion production in southeastern Georgia. HortTechnology 12:196-202.
7. Brewster, J. L. 1983. Effects of photoperiod, nitrogen nutrition and temperature on inflorescence initiation and development in onion (Allium cepa L.). Ann. Bot. 51:429-440.
8. Brewster, J.L. 1985. The influence of seedling size and carbohydrate status and of photon flux density during vernalization on inflorescence initiation in onion (Allium cepa L.). Ann. Bot. 55:403-414.
9. Brewster, J.L. 1997. Onions and garlic, p. 581-619. In: H.C. Wien (ed.). The Physiology of Vegetable Crops, CAB Intl., Ithaca, N.Y.
10. Dennis, F.G. Jr. 1984. Flowering, p. 237-264. In: M.B. Tesar (ed.). Physiological basis of crop growth and development. Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, Wis.
11. Hoyt, G.D., D.C. Sanders, J.T. Garret, K.M. Batal, J.M. Davis, D.R. Decoteau, and R.J. Dufault. 1994. Nitrate movement in southeastern coastal soils under conservation-tilled vegetable production, p. 120-123. Proc. S. Conservation Tillage Conf. for Sustainable Agr., Columbia, S.C.
12. Keeny, D.R. 1982. Nitrogen management for maximum efficiency and minimum pollution, p. 605-649. In: F.J. Stevenson, J.M. Bremner, R.D. Hauck, and D.R. Keeney (eds.). Nitrogen in agricultural soils. Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, Wis.
13. nd Ed. Academic Press, London.
14. Paterson, D.R. 1984. Influence of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer on respiration rate, premature seedstalk formation and yield of yellow granex onions. J. Rio Grande Valley Hort. Soc. 37:33-41.
15. Paterson, D. R., H.T. Blackhurst, and S.H. Siddiqui. 1960. Some effects of nitrogen and phosphoric acid on premature seedstalk development, yield and composition of three onion varieties. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 76:460-467.
16. Rabinowitch, H.D. 1990. Physiology of flowering, p. 113-134. In: H.D. Rabinowitch and J.L. Brewster (eds). Onions and Allied Crops. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
17. Randle, W.M. 2000. Increasing nitrogen concentration in hydroponic solutions affects onion flavor and bulb quality. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125:254-259.
18. Roberts, E.H., R.J. Summerfield, R.H. Ellis, P.Q. Craufurd, and T.R. Wheeler. 1997. The induction of flowering, p. 69-99. In: H.C. Wien (ed.). The Physiology of Vegetable Crops. CAB Intl., Ithaca, N.Y.
19. Sanders, D.C. and J.D. Cure. 1996. Control of bolting in autumn-sown sweet onions through undercutting. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121:1147-1151.
20. SAS Institute Inc. 2000. SAS / C OnlineDoc. Release 7.00. SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, N.C.
21. Scully, N.J., M.W. Parker, and H.A. Borthwick. 1945. Interaction of nitrogen nutrition and photoperiod as expressed in bulbing and flower-stalk development of onion. Bot. Gaz. 107:52-61.
22. Steel, R.G.D. and J.H. Torrie. 1980. Principles and Procedures of Statistics. A Biometrical Approach. McGraw-Hill, New York.
23. Stuart, N.W. and D.M. Griffin. 1946. The influence of nitrogen nutrition on onion seed production in the greenhouse. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 48:398-402.
24. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1995. U.S. Standards for Grades of Bermuda-granex-grano Type Onions. USDA, Wash., D.C.