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Onion Breeding

Onion Breeding is a specialized discipline within vegetable breeding that focuses on the genetic improvement of Allium cepa through controlled pollination, selection, and exploitation of heterosis to enhance traits such as yield, bulb quality, storability, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.

307

Publications

9.7K

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829

Authors

251

Institutions

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2017–2026

61

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Publications

307

Inheritance of male sterility in the onion and the production of hybrid seed

H. A. Jones · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1943 · 226 citations

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Breeding and genetics of Fusarium basal rot resistance in onion

Christopher S. Cramer · Euphytica · 2000 · 165 citations

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Transcriptome sequencing to produce SNP-based genetic maps of onion

Janejira Duangjit, B. Bohanec, Agnes P. Chan et al. · Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2013 · 115 citations

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A molecular phylogeny of the wild onions (Allium; Alliaceae) with a focus on the western North American center of diversity

Nhu Nguyen, Heather Driscoll, Chelsea D. Specht · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2008 · 112 citations

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Comparison of three priming techniques for onion seed lots differing in initial seed quality

Roseli Fátima Caseiro, Mark A. Bennett, Júlio Marcos-Filho · Seed Science and Technology · 2004 · 104 citations

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Authors

829

  1. MJ
    Michael J. Havey

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    26 publications · 1.2K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. SK
    Sunggil Kim

    Chonnam National University, South Korea

    15 publications · 503 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. JM
    John McCallum

    Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

    11 publications · 416 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. LM
    Leonard M. Pike

    Texas A&M University, United States

    11 publications · 374 citations

    10

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  5. VM
    Vijay Mahajan

    Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, India

    9 publications · 256 citations

    9

    h-index

1–5 of 829

Institutions

251

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    2K citations

  2. Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research

    Khed, India

    14 h-index

    74 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    13 h-index

    49 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. United States Department of Agriculture

    Washington, United States

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    956 citations

  5. Plant & Food Research

    Auckland, New Zealand

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Chonnam National University

    Gwangju, South Korea

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    498 citations

  7. New Mexico State University

    Las Cruces, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    672 citations

  8. University of Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    890 citations

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Venues

  1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics

    23 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. Euphytica

    24 publications · 722 citations

    18

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  3. 16

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  4. HortScience

    10 publications · 379 citations

    10

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  5. Scientia Horticulturae

    10 publications · 262 citations

    10

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