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Details for: HRIGRU 5929,
Allium cepa
L., MAMMOTH RED
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa
L.
Top Name:
MAMMOTH RED
Origin:
Donated – United Kingdom
Maintained:
UK Vegetable Genebank
Received by UKVGB:
1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
Backup Location:
Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands
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Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
0.5 gram
HRIGRU 5929 1989 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa
L.
Top Name:
MAMMOTH RED
Origin:
Donated – United Kingdom
Maintained:
UK Vegetable Genebank
Received by UKVGB:
1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
Source History
Donated
United Kingdom
Habitat:
Seed company
Donator(s):
ROBINSON
Accession Names and Identifiers
MAMMOTH RED
Type: Accession name
BULB ONION
Type: Common name
HRIGRU 5929 1989
Type: Inventory
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
(21 active accession[s])
Allium cepa
L. var.
cepa
(0 active accession[s])
Allium cepa
L. var.
perutile
(1 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
2021. UKVGB DB
Note:
Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
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.
English
spring onion
1
2021. UKVGB DB
Note:
Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
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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MORPHOLOGY
Bulb shape
Bulb shape
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
MORPHOLOGY
Bulb skin colour
Bulb skin colour
9 - 9 - Light violet/pink
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
MORPHOLOGY
Bulb skin thickness
Bulb skin thickness
4 - 4 - Thin - medium
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
MORPHOLOGY
Overall quality of bulbs for British Market
Overall quality of bulbs for British Market
4 - 4 - Moderate
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
QUALITY
Percentage of bolting of all plants grown
Percentage of bolting of all plants grown
0
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
QUALITY
Percentage rotting in November of all plants grown
Percentage rotting in November of all plants grown
8
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
QUALITY
Percentage sprouting in November of all plants grown
Percentage sprouting in November of all plants grown
26
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
QUALITY
Marketable bulbs in November
Marketable bulbs in November
25
UKVGB.Alliums.Characterisation.ADB.XXXX
SUBSET
Bulb_onion_Set
A flag to indicate that this accession is a member of the Bulb onion crop group which includes the species
Allium cepa
Y - Yes the accession is part of this set.
UKVGB.General.CropGroup.XXXX.1