Onions in Tropical RegionsOnions in tropical regions: structure of the bulletin; a selective review of the litlerature: onions as a world crop; the onions grown in the tropics; the onions and the environment; agronomy of onions in the tropics; harvesting, drying, low-temperature storage; high-temperature storage, store design, treatments to prevent spouting in store, seed production. Information. |
Contents
A selective review of the literature | 20 |
THE GENETIC BASE AND THE CULTIVARS | 31 |
THE ONION AND THE ENVIRONMENT | 43 |
Measuring onion bulbing | 49 |
ONION AGRONOMY IN THE TROPICS | 53 |
Shallot growing in the tropics | 59 |
ONION HARVESTING DRYING | 65 |
Damage during harvesting and handling | 71 |
The onion questionnaire findings | 99 |
Conclusions | 144 |
ONION PHYSIOLOGY AND THE TROPICAL | 149 |
ONION PREHARVEST TREATMENT HARVESTING | 156 |
CONCLUSION | 164 |
Appendices | 183 |
Names and addresses of questionnaire informants arranged | 190 |
Code numbers names and countries of questionnaire | 198 |
Storage conditions and skin retention | 77 |
Bulk onion stores with temperature and humidity control | 83 |
SEED PRODUCTION IN TROPICAL ONIONS | 91 |
Index | 208 |
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