Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986

Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986

As a followup to the previous years onion variety trial (1), 23 of the more promising long-day varieties were retested along with 5 new intermediate-day varieties. The soluble salts and exchangeable sodium percentage were high (4340 and 28.1%, respectively) in the field where the onions were grown....

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Main Authors: Clark, L. J., Harper, F., Thatcher, L. M.
Other Authors: Oebker, Norman F.
Language:en_US
Published: College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1987
Subjects:
Agriculture > Arizona
Vegetables > Arizona
Onion > Arizona
Onion > Variety trials
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/221258
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spelling ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-2212582015-10-23T04:54:42Z Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986 Clark, L. J. Harper, F. Thatcher, L. M. Oebker, Norman F. Kingdon, Lorraine B. Agriculture -- Arizona Vegetables -- Arizona Onion -- Arizona Onion -- Variety trials As a followup to the previous years onion variety trial (1), 23 of the more promising long-day varieties were retested along with 5 new intermediate-day varieties. The soluble salts and exchangeable sodium percentage were high (4340 and 28.1%, respectively) in the field where the onions were grown. This suppressed the yields significantly from the previous year. The top yielder produced 386 sacks (50 lbs) compared with 956 sacks in 1985. The top yielders from 1985, Durango and Inca, performed well again this year. The new intermediate-day varieties produced well also and seem quite promising. 1987-05 text Article http://hdl.handle.net/10150/221258 Vegetable Report en_US Series P-70 370070 College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
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language en_US
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topic Agriculture -- Arizona
Vegetables -- Arizona
Onion -- Arizona
Onion -- Variety trials
spellingShingle Agriculture -- Arizona
Vegetables -- Arizona
Onion -- Arizona
Onion -- Variety trials
Clark, L. J.
Harper, F.
Thatcher, L. M.
Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
description As a followup to the previous years onion variety trial (1), 23 of the more promising long-day varieties were retested along with 5 new intermediate-day varieties. The soluble salts and exchangeable sodium percentage were high (4340 and 28.1%, respectively) in the field where the onions were grown. This suppressed the yields significantly from the previous year. The top yielder produced 386 sacks (50 lbs) compared with 956 sacks in 1985. The top yielders from 1985, Durango and Inca, performed well again this year. The new intermediate-day varieties produced well also and seem quite promising.
author2 Oebker, Norman F.
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Clark, L. J.
Harper, F.
Thatcher, L. M.
author Clark, L. J.
Harper, F.
Thatcher, L. M.
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title Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
title_short Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
title_full Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
title_fullStr Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
title_full_unstemmed Onion Variety Trial, Safford Agricultural Center 1986
title_sort onion variety trial, safford agricultural center 1986
publisher College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
publishDate 1987
url http://hdl.handle.net/10150/221258
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