Details for: PI 232068, Allium cepa L., 'Copper King'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Copper King'
Origin:
Donated – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
06 Apr 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Availability
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Seed60 countPI 232068 93CI SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Copper King'
Origin:
Donated – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
06 Apr 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Donated
06 April 1956.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Copper King'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Allium cepa L.
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Cepa
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:

2244
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:300. 1753
Verified:
07/09/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don (2 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. cepa (96 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham., nom. inval.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbulb onion  1Havey, M. J. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships among cultivated Allium species from restriction enzyme analysis of the chloroplast genome. Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:752-757. Note: this study included five USDA accessions (PI 172703, PI 207456, PI 227346, PI 260793, and PI 293756); it found evidence of close affinity between Allium cepa and A. fistulosum
Englishcommon onion  1Fritsch, R. M. & N. Friesen. 2002. Chapter 1. Evolution, domestication and taxonomy. In: Rabinowitch, H. D. & L. Currah, eds., Allium crop science: recent advances 5-30. Note: recognizes three crop groups: Common onion group, Ever-ready onions and Aggregatum group
Englishonion  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishshallot  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabicbasal  2Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italiancipolla  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedishlök  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanogba  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Transcribed Koreanyangba  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTCOMMENT1GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ACCESSION.From Dept. of Agr., Pretoria,  NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
DISEASEFUSARIUM BASAL ROTRESISTANCE TO FUARIUM BASAL ROT (FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM)1 - SUSCEPTIBLE ONION.BASALROT.88 Not Available
DISEASEPINK ROOTRESISTANCE TO PINK ROOT (PYREROCHAETA TERRESTRIS)2 - SEGREGATING, PREDOMINANTLY SUSCEPTIBLE PLANTS ONION.PINKROOT.88 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTPLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS38 NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT UNIFORMITYPLANT UNIFORMITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = VERY UNIFORM) NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT VIGORPLANT VIGOR7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = MOST) NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB DIAMETERAVG DIAMETER (MM) OF 5-10 MATURE BULBS.6.8 NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB NECK DIAMETERAVERAGE BULB NECK DIAMETER (MM) OF FIVE OR MORE BULBS.0.9 NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB ROOT SIZECODED DESCRIPTION OF AVG. ROOT DIAMETER.5 - MEDIUM NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB SHAPECODED DESCRIPTION OF THE MATURE BULB SHAPE.GL - GLOBE NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB SKIN COLORSKIN COLOR OF THE MATURE BULBS.RD - RED NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYAMOUNT OF BLOOMAMOUNT OF BLOOM5 - MEDIUM NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB DEPTHBULB DEPTH IN CENTIMETERS5.6 NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF BROKEN LEAVESNUMBER OF BROKEN LEAVES1 - FEW (1-5) NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF LEAVESRELATIVE NUMBER OF LEAVES2 - MODERATE (6-12) NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNECK LENGTHNECK LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS3.8 NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF LOOSE SCALESRELATIVE NUMBER OF LOOSE SCALES5 - MEDIUM NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME TO MATURITY6 - (1 = VERY LATE, 9 = VERY EARLY) NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available
PRODUCTIONBULB STORAGE LIFEGENERAL DETERMINATION OF BULB STORAGE LIFE UNDER COOL STORAGE CONDITIONS.9 - VERY LONG NE9.ALLIUM.57 Not Available