Onion Breeding Program at NMSU
This website contains information catering to the needs of three different categories of people.
- Academic: For students and researchers interested in this program.
- General: For people who are interested in knowing about onions, trivia, recipes and fun facts about onions.
- Growers: Pertaining to cultivars,statistics and production information that best suit the needs of growers.
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Seed source information:
Students & Researchers: If you are a student or researcher looking to do a study with our varieties, small seed samples can be send to you. Please contact Dr. Chris Cramer with your request.
Growers: If you are a grower looking for seeds of our varieties or seed sources of 'NuMex' onion varieties, please contact these commercial sources:
| Lockhart Seeds, Inc. Rob Gobleck 505.644.5712 |
Helena Chemical Mesquite, NM 505.233.3171 |
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Joe Nelson, Inc. Joe Nelson 915.630.2347 |
Bailey Seeds, Inc. Alton Bailey 505.644.0449 |
Please keep in mind, that seeds of exclusively released varieties (NuMex Camino, NuMex Chaco, NuMex Crimson, NuMex Snowball, NuMex Solano) are only available from Lockhart Seeds, Inc.
Homeowners: If you are a homeowner looking for seeds of our varieties, retail outlets have not started carrying our varieties. we are working on getting a retail source for our varieties.
Contact us
Dr. Chris Cramer
New Mexico State University
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
P.O. Box 30003 MSC 3Q
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003
Phone: 575-646-2657
Fax: 575-646-6041
Email:
cscramer@nmsu.edu