Onions
Industry mourns loss of 1015 Supersweet onion pioneer
Leonard Pike, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist who pioneered the 1015 Supersweet onion and the Aggie maroon Beta Sweet carrot, along with a string of other vegetables that contributed billions to the Texas economy,... more »
Onion researchers earn $3.25 million grant to control pests
A multi-disciplinary team of pest and disease management researchers has earned a highly competitive federal research grant of $3.25 million to carry out research and devise pest and disease management techniques in onion and garlic... more »
US asparagus crop value up; onions and strawberries down
The U.S. asparagus crop value are estimated to be up from last year, while values for onions and asparagus have dropped. National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) office in Olympia, Washington recently reported vegetable production estimates... more »
WSU research to protect onions from pests, pathogens honored
With a market value of nearly a billion dollars, onions are the fifth most valuable vegetable produced in the U.S. But some farmers have been abandoning the crop due to losses from pests and disease ... more »
Zaad Holdings buys Sakata Seed America’s onion breeding program
Sakata Seed America has sold its onion seed breeding program to Zaad Holdings Limited (‘Zaad’), a subsidiary of Zeder, effective July 27, 2018. The acquirer, Zaad, is a vertically integrated agriculture company headquartered in Cape... more »
Protect onions against stemphylium leaf blight
Onion crops are affected by many different types of plant pathogens and must be protected. High relative humidity and frequent rainfall (or irrigation) in Michigan favor leaf blight. Even in a dry summer, overhead irrigation... more »
Washington State researchers take aim at parasitic worm
So small it can’t be seen with the naked eye, a parasitic worm called the root-knot nematode causes mammoth problems for Northwest farmers. Potatoes, grapes and other crops could gain a new, nature-based way to... more »
Bayer debut of consumer-friendly Sunions limited
Marketed as “tearless” and sweet-tasting, a new onion variety developed by Bayer CropScience hit shelves in January. Sold under the Sunions brand, the onion was grown commercially by just three growers in two states for... more »
