Allium cepa group Dry Bulb Onion group Dry Bulb Onion (Balady)

Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN14708

Accession name:

Balady

Crop (and subcrop type):

allium (A.cepa group dry bulb onion)

Population type:

Land variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Allium

Species:

cepa

Sub-taxon:

group Dry Bulb Onion

Origin information

Collecting number:

IEE 80

Country of origin:

Egypt

Collection site:

Asyut, Asyut

Latitude / Longitude:

27 / 31, uncertainty 100000 meter

Altitude (m):

Collecting date:

1985----

Donor institute:

IBPGR Egypt Expedition 1985-1986, Giza, Egypt

Donor number:

Other numbers:

3,735

Origin address:

IBPGR Egypt Expedition 1985-1986, Giza, Egypt

Origin type:

Farm field

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/1AMXH
https://doi.org/10.18730/1AMXH

More information is available at:

Balady Strains of Egyptian Vegetables I

Description of the habitat at the collecting site:

Nile Valley, level, not stony, good drainage

Soil type at collecting site:

clay

Cultivation method:

grown from transplants, planted in December and harvested in April

Observations

Bulb characteristics

bulb size

small

bulb shape uniformity

low

high

bulb skin color

light brown

bulb flesh color

yellow

bulb splitting tendency

absent

high

Leaf characteristics

leaf waxiness

low

high

Fungal diseases

onion downy mildew

susceptible

resistant