Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail:									Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Onion Hybrid Performance Trial
	Seed	Maturity	Date Half							Single	Total
Hybrid	Source	Days	Down1	> 4"	3 to 4"	2¼ to 3"	1 to 2¼"	Total	Culls	Center2	Bulbs
				-----------------------------------cwt----------------------------------						%	1000's/ac
Centerstone	AT	100	9/6	87	691	220	24	1022	19	50.0	177486
Frontier	AT	98	8/24	0	135	308	69	513	8	45.0	164964
Milestone	AT	107	9/1	21	453	308	36	818	11	53.0	174115
T-433	AT		9/25	80	312	65	5	463	111	35.0	91031
Calibra	BE	115	9/8	93	531	153	29	806	148	30.0	164723
Crockett	BE	118	9/19	72	646	176	23	916	153	38.0	180617
Delgado	BE	115	9/2	204	641	124	18	987	139	40.0	164482
Derby	BE	106	8/29	33	260	222	52	566	184	23.0	167372
Gunnison	BE	110	8/29	78	578	196	26	878	24	43.0	167853
Red Bull	BE	117	9/10	64	443	156	30	693	31	38.0	134379
Safrane	BE	106	9/9	82	534	140	25	781	31	48.0	142808
Sedona	BE	120	9/5	151	761	191	24	1127	21	50.0	185434
Talon	BE	110	9/1	37	551	235	38	862	15	30.0	174838
Tamara	BE	112	9/2	11	410	261	56	739	23	23.0	169058
Genesis	CR	100	8/20	16	261	239	73	589	22	20.0	166649
Nobility	CR	108	9/4	11	292	201	50	554	19	43.0	136546
OLYX01-214	CR		8/23	16	322	260	68	667	23	50.0	170262
OLYX05-26	CR		9/3	114	493	198	47	852	16	43.0	164723
Infinity	NU	120	8/31	79	595	220	48	942	16	38.0	183989
Nebula	NU	100	8/26	38	547	232	35	852	10	33.0	173633
Pulsar	NU	118	8/18	46	588	256	31	920	11	45.0	180136
Abilene	SM	113	9/2	77	393	267	58	795	26	48.0	181099
Caveat	SM	115	8/28	48	472	220	50	791	30	30.0	169539
Citation	SM		8/30	66	403	205	36	710	31	35.0	144975
Cyprus	SM		9/1	9	242	325	81	658	15	48.0	179413
Joliet	SM		9/2	82	422	219	37	760	61	45.0	160388
Marquette	SM		9/1	75	451	243	47	817	27	48.0	177486
Red Zepplin	SM	115	9/6	22	401	245	49	716	62	38.0	168817
Ricochet	SM	100	8/17	53	346	212	41	652	10	55.0	140159
Tioga	SM	115	9/2	130	566	146	26	869	114	40.0	158221
Stanley	SO		9/4	20	461	236	42	758	51	40.0	166649
Livingston	SO		9/4	37	390	271	53	752	36	43.0	170021
Marco	SO		8/16	11	341	272	47	671	32	35.0	177727
Polo	SO		9/6	42	450	179	26	697	59	25.0	150033
Mean			9/1	59	453	218	41	770	47	4.0	164106
CV%				69	17	19	34	12	66	57	11
LSD.05				57	111	57	20	127	43	3.2	26042
Planting Date = May 4; Harvest Date = September 26; Previous Crop Barley.
Fertilizer rate lb/acre = 150 N, 43 P2O5, 52 K2O, 22 S; Irrigation = 14"
1Date when half the onion tops have fallen over.  This is an indication of maturity.
2Percent of onions with single centers from ten large onions selected at random.
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