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Selection of Desirable Varieties for the Year-round Water Culture of Young Welsh Onion  

Won Jae Hee (Gangwon Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Kim Sang Soo (Gangwon Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Ahn Soo Yong (Gangwon Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Park Kuen Woo (Department of Horticultural Science, Korea Univ.,)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.14, no.4, 2005 , pp. 254-262 More about this Journal
Abstract
This experiment was carried out to select the desirable welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) varieties for the year-round cultivation in water culture. Ten varieties were tested, of which five were Korean's and the other five were Japanese's. The germination percentage and germinative energy of most varieties we.e more than 90 percent. The fastest germination speed were 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Gujopa' and 'Fuyune'. The best growth of the varieties were 'Geumjanguedaepa' and 'Tokyokuro' in spring, 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Gujopa', 'Saesaeksisilpa' and 'Tokyokuro' in summer, 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Gujopa' and 'Tokyokuro' in fall, and 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Midorigawa' and 'Tokyokuro' in winter cultivation. Suitable varieties of growth fur all seasons were 'Geurnjanguedaepa' and 'Tokyokuro', though 'Gujopa' was good in summer and fall. In the view of nutritional content, nitrate content was significantly lower in 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Tokyokuro' and 'Fuyune' than that in'Saesaeksisilpa' and 'Starziam'. Vitamin C content was higher in 'Aqua Green', 'Midorigawa' and 'Seoulbaekpa' than that of the others. Pyruvic acid content was the highest in 'Geumjanguedaepa' and 'Suckchanguedaepa'. Based on the above results, 'Geumjanguedaepa', 'Gujopa' and 'Tokyokuro' were selected as the most desirable young welsh onion varieties for the year-round water culture.
Keywords
germination percentage; nitrate content; pyruvic acid; vitamin C;
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