General

Objectives of the Program

• To develop high-yielding, high-quality, bolting-resistant, disease-resistant onion varieties with varying maturities, pungency levels, and scale colors for New Mexico growers.
  • To research the genetics of pink root resistance, fusarium basal rot resistance, bolting resistance, and bulb quality traits of onion populations.
  • To investigate cultural practices as they relate onion production.

Personnel involved with the program

• Joe N. Corgan, Professor Emeritus, Jose Fernandez Chair of Crop Production

• Christopher S. Cramer, Assistant Professor of Horticulture

• Ray Muhyi, Senior Research Specialist

Financial Support

• New Mexico Dry Onion Commission
• NMSU Seed Certification
• NMSU Agricultural Experiment Station
• Jose Fernandez Chair of Crop Production
• Small Grants from Commercial Seed Companies
• Seed Royalties
• National Plant Germplasm System, USDA

Institutional units involved

• Plant and Environment Science
• NMSU Fabian Garcia Research Center
• NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington
• NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Clovis
• Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center

Collaborators

• Dr. Mike J. Havey, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Dr. Bill Randle, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia
• Dr. Mick O'Neill, ASC at Farmington, NMSU
• Dr. Larry Robertson, NPGS-Geneva, USDA
• Dr. Greg Phillips, Agro & Hort, NMSU