Quality aspects in open-pollinated onion varieties from Western Europe

Commercial onion breeders limit their selection criteria by focusing almost exclusively on conventional farming. This raises the demand for certain well known varieties, but lowers the general diversity available on the mainstream market. A way to maintain biodiversity is to preserve old open-polli...

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Main Authors: Maria Romo Perez, Nikolaus Merkt, Sabine Zikeli, Christian Zörb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Julius Kühn-Institut 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Online Access:https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/8535