Allium cepa group Dry Bulb Onion group Dry Bulb Onion (Spearwood Late Brown)

Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN16368

Accession name:

Spearwood Late Brown

Crop (and subcrop type):

allium (A.cepa group dry bulb onion)

Population type:

Breeders variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Allium

Species:

cepa

Sub-taxon:

group Dry Bulb Onion

Origin information

Collecting number:

Country of origin:

Australia

Collection site:

Latitude / Longitude:

-29 / 133, uncertainty 2223057 meter

Altitude (m):

Collecting date:

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 233

Other numbers:

1,316

Origin address:

A. Yates, Milperra, Australia

Origin type:

Institute, university, genebank, breeding company

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/1AR9E
https://doi.org/10.18730/1AR9E

Cultivation method:

medium summer cultivar grown from seeds, used for fresh market

Observations

Bulb characteristics

bulb size

intermediate

bulb shape uniformity

low

high

bulb skin color

dark brown

bulb flesh color

yellow

bulb splitting tendency

absent

high

Leaf characteristics

leaf waxiness

low

high

Fungal diseases

onion downy mildew

susceptible

resistant