Onions: Breeding onions for low-input and organic agriculture

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrganic crop breeding
EditorsE.T. Lammerts van Bueren, J.R. Myers
Place of PublicationHoboken, USA
PublisherBlackwell
Chapter17
Pages263-272
ISBN (Print)9780470958582
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • AM fungi, symbiosis with plant roots
  • Breeding onions, for low-input and organic agriculture
  • Combined approaches
  • Crop biofortification, and micronutrients
  • Cultivars, as F1-hybrid cultivars
  • Genetic variation, in root traits
  • Improved root architecture in onions
  • Mycorrhizal symbiosis and plant productivity
  • Onion, Allium cepa L. (Alliaceae)
  • Robust onion cultivars

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