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Details for: PI 368355,
Allium cepa
L., Mesten
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa
L.
Top Name:
Mesten
Origin:
Collected – North Macedonia
Maintained:
Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)
Received by NPGS:
01 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1972
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
180
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
75 count
PI 368355 03CI SD
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(2
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa
L.
Top Name:
Mesten
Origin:
Collected – North Macedonia
Maintained:
Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)
Received by NPGS:
01 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1972
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Collected
01 January 1971.
North Macedonia
Locality:
From Demir Kapija, Yugoslavia.
Coordinates:
41.4050, 22.2489
(Map it)
Elevation:
108m.
Comment:
Received under Public Law 480 Project E30-Cr-33.
Collector(s):
Aladzajkov, Lazar, Faculty of Agricultural Research Council
Donated
01 June 1971.
North Macedonia
Donor(s):
Aladzajkov, Lazar, Faculty of Agricultural Research Council
Accession Names and Identifiers
Mesten
Type: Unverified 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
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358319
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
bulb onion
1
Havey, 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
English
common onion
1
Fritsch, 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
English
onion
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
shallot
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic
basal
2
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italian
cipolla
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish
lök
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean
ogba
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Transcribed Korean
yangba
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
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COMMENT
COMMENT1
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ACCESSION.
From Demir Kapija. From the U
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
COMMENT
COMMENT2
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE DESCRIPTOR.
yellow bulbs-few red.
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
DISEASE
FUSARIUM BASAL ROT
RESISTANCE TO FUARIUM BASAL ROT (FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM)
1 - SUSCEPTIBLE
ONION.BASALROT.88
Not Available
DISEASE
PINK ROOT
RESISTANCE TO PINK ROOT (PYREROCHAETA TERRESTRIS)
1 - SUSCEPTIBLE
ONION.PINKROOT.88
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
43
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT UNIFORMITY
PLANT UNIFORMITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
5 - MEDIUM
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT VIGOR
PLANT VIGOR
5 - MEDIUM
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BULB DIAMETER
AVG DIAMETER (MM) OF 5-10 MATURE BULBS.
7.5
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BULB NECK DIAMETER
AVERAGE BULB NECK DIAMETER (MM) OF FIVE OR MORE BULBS.
1.8
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BULB ROOT SIZE
CODED DESCRIPTION OF AVG. ROOT DIAMETER.
4 - (1 = VERY FINE, 9 = VERY COARSE)
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BULB SHAPE
CODED DESCRIPTION OF THE MATURE BULB SHAPE.
FL - FLAT
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
AMOUNT OF BLOOM
AMOUNT OF BLOOM
5 - MEDIUM
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BULB DEPTH
BULB DEPTH IN CENTIMETERS
5.3
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
NUMBER OF BROKEN LEAVES
NUMBER OF BROKEN LEAVES
2 - MODERATE (6-10)
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
NUMBER OF LEAVES
RELATIVE NUMBER OF LEAVES
2 - MODERATE (6-12)
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
NECK LENGTH
NECK LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
2
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
NUMBER OF LOOSE SCALES
RELATIVE NUMBER OF LOOSE SCALES
3 - (1 = FEW, 9 = MANY)
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME TO MATURITY
5 - MEDIUM
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available
PRODUCTION
BULB STORAGE LIFE
GENERAL DETERMINATION OF BULB STORAGE LIFE UNDER COOL STORAGE CONDITIONS.
8 - (1 = VERY SHORT, 9 = VERY LONG)
NE9.ALLIUM.72
Not Available