Onions with high storage ability, high soluble solids content and/or low pungency
Long-day onion plants, capable of producing onion bulbs comprising ‘high soluble solids’ combined with a ‘sweet taste’ as a result of low pungency, are provided, as are methods for producing such plants, bulbs and seeds. Such onions can be stored for long periods without a loss in quality and without an increase in pungency.
1. An onion plant of variety SR 5628 or a seed, bulb, or plant part of said variety, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42167.
2. The plant part of claim 1 , wherein said plant part is a cell, protoplast, an ovule, a meristem, an embryo, or a plant organ.
3. A tissue culture of cells obtained from the plant of claim 1 , wherein said tissue culture of cells is from a tissue from the leaf, pollen, embryo, bulb, anther, flower, bud, or meristem.
4. An onion plant of variety SR 5630 or a seed, bulb, or plant part of said variety, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42168.
5. The plant part of claim 4 , wherein said plant part is a cell, protoplast, an ovule, a meristem, an embryo, or a plant organ.
6. A tissue culture of cells obtained from the plant of claim 4 , wherein said tissue culture of cells is from a tissue from the leaf, pollen, embryo, bulb, anther, flower, bud, or meristem.
7. An onion plant of variety SR 5634 or a seed, bulb, or plant part of said variety, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42169.
8. The plant part of claim 7 , wherein said plant part is a cell, protoplast, an ovule, a meristem, an embryo, or a plant organ.
9. A tissue culture of cells obtained from the plant of claim 7 , wherein said tissue culture of cells is from a tissue from the leaf, pollen, embryo, bulb, anther, flower, bud, or meristem.
10. An onion plant of variety SR 5637 or a seed, bulb, or plant part of said variety, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42170.
11. The plant part of claim 10 , wherein said plant part is a cell, protoplast, an ovule, a meristem, an embryo, or a plant organ.
12. A tissue culture of cells obtained from the plant of claim 10 , wherein said tissue culture of cells is from a tissue from the leaf, pollen, embryo, bulb, anther, flower, bud, or meristem.
13. A method for producing long day onion plants or seeds comprising crossing an onion plant of claim 1 , with a second onion plant, and obtaining F1 seeds from said cross.
14. A method for producing long day onion plants or seeds comprising crossing an onion plant of claim 4 , with a second onion plant, and obtaining F1 seeds from said cross.
15. A method for producing long day onion plants or seeds comprising crossing an onion plant of claim 7 , with a second onion plant, and obtaining F1 seeds from said cross.
16. A method for producing long day onion plants or seeds comprising crossing an onion plant of claim 10 , with a second onion plant, and obtaining F1 seeds from said cross.