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... Five crops, carrot, onion, spinach, cauliflower and lettuce (Daucus carota L., var. sativa D. C.), (Allium cepa L.), (Spinacia oleracea L.), (Brassica oleracea, var. botrytis L.), (Lactuca sativa, var. capitata L.).] were grown successively in pails of virgin sphagnum peat soil receiving 6 rates of Cu and 5 of Mo in a replicated factorial experiment. The soil was limed to slightly above pH 5.0 and ...
... Two years of field experiments with onion crops (Allium cepa, L.) show that this plant is differentially sensitive to drought in each stage of its vegetative cycle. Drought at the seedling stage increases the rate of foliar emergence, produces a greater number of leaves, accelerates bulb formation by 15 days, and increases the final weight as compared with the check (no significant difference). Wh ...
... A logarithmic linear relationship was found between leaf length and area for onion (Allium cepa L. ‘F-l Hybrid Yellow Granex’) grown from seed in sunlit climate chambers with controlled temperature and humidity. Atmospheric relative humidity and root medium salinity had no effect on the relationship. ...
Allium cepa; environmental factors; florets; leaf water potential; leaves; onions; soil water; soil water potential; stomatal conductance; stomatal movement; umbels; water flow
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... Water potential, transpiration rate, and stomatal resistance of the various parts of the onion (Allium cepa L.) plant were measured under field and controlled conditions. Water potentials of florets and pedicels were always lower than leaf water potentials. Water potential difference between the florets and the soil of as much as ∗9 bars were found. The greatest drop in water potential was found b ...
... Partial destruction of ozone in the earth's upper atmosphere (stratosphere) will increase levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation that reach the earth's surface; consequently, plants could be exposed to harmful amounts of UV-B radiation (280 to 320 nm). The objective of our research was to characterize the reflectance, transmittance, and absorptance of UV-B radiation by leaf epidermises. Accordingly, ...
... The legal prohibition of the short handled hoe in California has forced a change in the conventional practice of surplus-seedling and subsequent thinning to achieve optimum stands with lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and sugar beet crops (Beta vulgaris L.). Precision placement of coated seed was evaluated as an alternate method of stand establishment with five crops grown on Meloland sandy clay loam w ...
... The effects of soil moisture, sprinkler irrigation, and misting (5 min at 30-min intervals) on hybrid onion-seed (Allium cepa L.) production were evaluated at Kimberly, Idaho. Sprinkling and misting treatments were included to determine if sprinkler irrigation could be used for onion-seed production, and if evaporative cooling (misting) would alleviate the scalding of umbels at excessively high te ...
... Using onion conditioned by Delia (=Hylemya) antiqua larvae for four different periods of time and larvae of four different ages, the effect of conditioned or fresh onion on larval preference was studied. It was shown that of the sixteen combinations tested, nine larval groups showed a preference for conditioned onion, five showed no preference and two showed a preference for fresh onion. Significa ...
... A common belief is that plant roots absorb cations from the solution phase of the soil. Experiments with corn (Zea mays L.) using K/Rb ratio to evaluate the source of K and Rb absorbed indicated the plant roots absorbed these ions in the ratio of exchangeable K and Rb. The objective of this research was to study the source of K and Rb absorbed from soil by onion (Allium cepa) roots since they do n ...
... The system for flavour production in the onion consists of the enzyme alliinase and the flavour precursors, the S‐alkyl‐L‐cysteine sulphoxides. Flavour production in the onion and in the callus were compared by looking at each part of the system in turn. Measurement of the specificity and Kₘ values of the alliinase from onion bulb and callus showed the enzymes to be identical. The total amino acid ...
... Most plant species, including the major crops, form symbiotic mycorrhizal associations between their roots and certain fungi which influence nutrient uptake, especially P, from infertile soils. HOW well-supplied the phosphate must be before mycorrhizae cease to enhance P uptake is not known; nor have the effects of mycorrhizae on external P requirements of crops been adequately determined in the f ...
... The objectives of this work were to determine critical ratios and concentrations of Ca and Mg in Histosols as related to onion (Allium cepa L.) growth and composition. The molar Ca/Mg ratios extracted from soils were related to those found in onion and indicated that onion assimilated Mg more easily than Ca. Although the upper critical Ca/Mg ratio was not found, yields decreased rapidly as extract ...
... Considerable variation in seedling size, vigor, and plant development occurs in onions (Allium cepa L.) where phosphate fertilizers are surface-applied and incorporated prior to planting. Our objective was to determine the influence of P rates and placement techniques on the growth and development of fall-seeded onions. During the fall of 1975 and 1977, two rates of P (21.8 and 43.6 kg/ha) were ba ...
... The effect of 5 levels of salinity on the growth of onions (Allium cepa L. cv. ‘Early Yellow Globe’) and bell peppers (Capsicum annuum L. cv. ‘California Wonder’) inoculated with the mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus fasciculatus or Gigaspora margarita, was compared to uninoculated nonmycorrhizal controls. In soils with saturation extracts (ECe) of 1, 3, 4, 6, and 12 mmho/cm, mycorrhizal plants consistent ...
... Low onion (Allium cepa L.) seed yields frequently occur without obvious reasons, particularly with hybrid varieties. Solutions to the problem need to be found to insure seed for bulb onion production. Water and temperature stress in the umbel may be factors during hot, dry, sunny weather. We investigated the relationship of umbel temperature to ambient and umbel conditions and the effects of perio ...
... In a number of studies, salt-affected plants have been found to contain lower P concentrations than non-salinized control plants. This study was performed to evaluate the ability of two vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (VAM) to improve the yield and salt tolerance of onion (Allium cepa L. var. Burpee hybrid 5276) by facilitating P uptake from a saline soil. Onion was grown in a Delhi loamy s ...
... SUMMARY: Specificity of non-volatile compounds eliciting leek moth (Acrolepiopsis assectellaj oviposition behaviour Leek moth females oviposit only when in contact with plants of the genus Allium (Liliaceae). The possible reasons for this specific stimulation were investigated using extracts of different plant species. The bioassay with filter paper and isolated mated females is described. Methano ...
... Roots of Allium cepa L. cv. Yellow are differentially responsive to gravity. Long (e.g. 40 mm) roots are strongly graviresponsive, while short (e.g. 4 mm) roots are minimally responsive to gravity. Although columella cells of graviresponsive roots are larger than those of nongraviresponsive roots, they partition their volumes to cellular organelles similarly. The movement of amyloplasts and nuclei ...
... Experiments were done in controlled conditions to investigate the relationship of plant weight, leaf number and raising conditions to inflorescence initiation in onion seedlings. Above a shoot dry weight of 0.06 g the spring-sown cv. Rijnsburger could initiate inflorescences, whereas the autumn-sown cv. Senshyu semi-globe Yellow needed to be heavier than 0.45 g. Plants raised at a photon flux dens ...
... Endodermis and pericycle cell lengths were measured in intact and decapitated adventitious roots of Allium cepa L. Decapitation had no effect on cell length in mature portions of the root, although it affected more immature cells, impeding normal elongation. Cell length shows a characteristic pattern in different zones of the adventitious root: cells in the medial region were more markedly elongat ...
... Onion plants (Allium cepa L.) inoculated in the root zone with a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus, or left uninoculated, were grown in potted soil for 230 d to determine the influence of the VAM fungus (Glomus macrocarpum Tul. and Tul.) on soil structure. The silty clay loam soil was maintained at a moisture content between 25 and 30%. Paired inoculated (+M) and uninoculated (−M) plan ...
... Early and later maturing cultivars of both spring- and autumn-sown onions were sown on two dates at 25, 100 and400 plants m−2. High levels of nutrients and irrigation were applied. Both high plant density and early sowing advanced the date at which bulb scales, rather than leaf blades, were initiated at the shoot apex and so advanced the date of maturity by up to 46 d. The later maturing spring-so ...
Allium cepa; cultivars; light intensity; red light; far-red light; carbohydrates; plant development
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... Bulb development was followed in four onion cultivars growing in controlled environments under 17 h days in factorial combinations of photon-flux densities (PFD) of 111 and 333 μmol m−2 s−1 with red: far-red spectral ratios (R : FR) of 2.88 and 1.41. A PFD of 111with R : FR of 0.86 was used in a second experiment. The lower the R : FR or the higher the PFD the higher the mean bulbing ratio and the ...
Allium cepa; leaf area index; spatial distribution; plant density; plant competition; red light; far-red light; nitrogen; irrigation; artificial shade; England
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... Field experiments were done to investigate why onion crops with a high leaf area index (LAI) initiate bulb scales and mature sooner than those with a low LAI. When small plants were grown either mixed with large plants or in pure stands, those in the mixed stands initiated bulb scales earlier than those in pure stands. The timing of bulb development therefore depended on the size of neighbouring p ...
Allium cepa; bulbs; solar radiation; crop yield; dry matter accumulation; water stress; temperature; plant density; irrigation; light; England
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... onion crops were correlated with the total solar radiation intercepted by the leaf canopy. The mean efficiency of conversion of intercepted radiation to dry-matter was 1.58 g MJ−1. However, efficiencies were significantly different between seasons and in two years out of three they were lower for spring-sown crops than for autumn-sown crops. The lower efficiencies coincided with periods of high me ...
... Cell wall thickness of the xylem tracheary elements was measured in the proto- and metaxylem of the Allium cepa L. adventitious root. Measurements were taken in root fragments of known age (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 d) located in either the basal or medio-apical zone. Tracheary elements in the protoxylem matured within a shorter period of time than those in the metaxylem. Final cell wall thickness was grea ...
Allium cepa; root primordia; cells; plant development
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... In decapitated adventitious roots of Allium cepa L. var. French, the time taken for lateral primordia to appear in five sectors has been studied. This time is approx. 4–5 d after the apex of the adventitious root gave rise to the primordial initial cells. ...
... Roots of Allium cepa L. grown in aerated water elongate rapidly, but are not graviresponsive. These roots (1) possess extensive columella tissues comprised of cells containing numerous sedimented amyloplasts, (2) lack mucilage on their tips, and (3) are characterized by a weakly polar movement of calcium (Ca) across their tips. Placing roots in humid air correlates positively with the (1) onset of ...
... Application to soil of either benomyl or captan significantly decreased the growth of vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) onion (Allium cepa L. cv. Hyper) plants 4 weeks after treatment but non‐VAM plants were not affected. Fungal colonization of the onion roots, as indicated by non‐vital staining with chlorozole black E, was depressed 2 weeks after fungicide application. However, decreases in ...
... Lead migrating through the tissues of Allium cepa L. was found, by electron microscopy, autoradiography and other methods, to encounter at least three barriers to penetration. The layers of protoderm and hypodermic meristematic cells in the root meristematic zone and the layer of endodermis in the mature root zone were barriers to apoplastic transport. The central zone was a barrier to apoplastic ...
... Leek and onion seed dry weight increased exponentially for the first 31 days after flowering (DAF) but thereafter the increase in dry weight was slower. Before maximum seed dry weight was reached at 45 DAF in onion and 59 to 66 DAF in leek, seed moisture content, seed oxygen uptake and conductivity of the seed steep water fell from initially high levels. Although some seeds germinated 31 DAF in bo ...
Daucus carota; Allium cepa; Brassica oleracea var. capitata; seeds; chemical composition
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... The rate and final percentage of field emergence (seed quality) was measured in 55 seed-lots of carrots (Daucus carota L.), 45 seed-lots of onion (Allium cepa L.) and 32 seed-lots of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata), together with the following biochemical indices: rates of ATP-synthesis; reduction of tetrazolium by seed powder; AMP and malate content. Differences in field performance of ...
... The effects of photon irradiance, phosphorus (P) supply and mycorrhizal infection [Glomus mosseae (Nicol. and Gerd) Gerdemann and Trappe] on growth and P uptake by Allium cepa L. were measured. Two experiments were carried out, one in a naturally‐lit glasshouse and the other in a growth cabinet. Shade cloth was used to provide ‘high’ irradiance (600 and 550 μmol m⁻²s⁻¹ in glasshouse and growth cab ...
... Several crop species were exposed to simulated acidic fog from pH 1.6 to 3.2 or to 5.6 in greenhouse experiments. Foliar injury and growth of radish (Raphanus sativus L. cv. Cherry Belle), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Tiny Tim), onion (Allium cepa L. cv. Southport White Globe), spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. cv. Bloomsdale Long Standing), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cvs. Pinto and Impr ...
... Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, populations on onions, Allium cepa L., were managed using insecticides to achieve differential levels of infestations. Yields of onion bulbs from the plots were evaluated using regression analysis to determine impact of thrips feeding on bulb size. Results were used to quantify the economic impact of managing thrips with insecticides. Results indicate that in ...
Allium cepa; Delia antiqua; insect traps; design; density; monitoring; British Columbia
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... A vertical, two-sided sticky trap consisting of non-ultraviolet reflective, white-painted cardboard was developed for monitoring activity of adult Delia antiqua (Meigen) in commercial onion fields. A total trap surface area of 308 cm2 was efficacious and economically desirable for trapping. Traps painted white were four times more attractive to D. antiqua flies than traps painted yellow, and were ...
... Analysis of cell length, cross‐sectional area and nuclear length of pericycle cells in adventitious roots of Allium cepa L. has revealed the existence of three cell types whose topographical location is related to the vascular pattern. Cells opposite the xylem are short and narrow with an elongated nucleus. The intervening cells are also short but their cross‐sectional area is much greater than th ...
... Onion maggot, Delia antiqua (Meigen), ovipositional preference and subsequent larval survival on maturing onion bulbs with different levels of larval feeding and microbial damage were determined. Females preferentially oviposited on onion plants with low to moderate damage compared with healthy or severely damaged plants. Newly hatched onion maggots successfully colonized 90-100% of slightly to mo ...
Allium cepa; furrow irrigation; irrigation water; salt tolerance; seed germination; seedling emergence; mortality; cotyledons; cultivars; soil salinity; soil water content; salinity; water quality; saline water; Texas
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... Good stands of furrow irrigated onion (Allium cepa L.) are difficult to obtain in saline areas of the Southwest. This study examined salt effects on seed germination, emergence, and seedling mortality of five onion cultivars in a series of greenhouse experiments at diurnal temperatures of 15 to 25 °C. Germination exceeded 80% within 10 d at solution salinity of 20 dS m⁻¹ or less. Cultivar effects ...
... The length of cells of the pericycle, endodermis and middle cortex not actively involved in lateral root primordia (LRP) development was measured in primary roots of Allium cepa, Pisum sativum and Daucus carota. The presence of two cell populations in the pericycle was demonstrated in all three species. In Allium cepa and Pisum sativum, pericyclic cells located opposite xylem poles were significan ...
... A laboratory bioassay technique with soil was developed to investigate the toxicity and activity of the insect growth regulator, cyromazine, to onion maggot larvae, Delia antiqua (Meigen) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). LC50's (ppm in soil) for chlorpyrifos, fonofos, and cyromazine were 8.4, 9.4, and 17.5, respectively. Significant mortality due to cyromazine treatment was observed at the time of molt be ...
... Chromosomes of root tip cells of Allium cepa and Allium sativum were studied in early, middle and late telophase to examine the organization of mitotic chromosomes, taking advantage of the naturally occurring chromosome dispersion during the process of decondensation in telophase. Longitudinal and transverse sections of telophase chromosomes viewed under the transmission electron microscope showed ...
... Uptake of bound 14C residues from an organic soil treated with radiolabeled fonofos (O-ethyl S-phenyl ethylphosphonodithioate) by selected Glomus endomycorrhiza and onion roots was studied. The hyphae of endomycorrhizal associations were capable of removing 14C residues from the soil and transporting them to onion plants. Bioavailability of soil-bound 14C residues, as measured by 14C residue conte ...