Sowing date, transplanting date, and variety effect on transplanted short-day onion production

HortTechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Boyhan, George E ^a   Torrance, Reid L ^b   Cook, Jeff ^c   Riner, Cliff ^b   Hill, C Randell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Tattnall County Cooperative Extension Service   (United States)

^c Crawford County Cooperative Extension Service   (United States)

^d Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bareroot; Double bulbs; Nonstorage; Planting; Seedling; Seedstems; Spring onions; Vidalia; Yield

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; VIDALIA;

EID: 68049118947     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.19.1.66     Document Type: Article

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