Yield and traits of bulb quality in the Spanish sweet onion cultivar 'Fuentes de Ebro' after selection for low pungency

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 140, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-65

  Mallor, Cristina ^a   Sales, Ester ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Breeding; Combined selection; Heritability; Long day onion; Pungency

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; HERITABILITY; HORTICULTURE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; WEIGHT;

SPAIN;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84860289115     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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