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Onion seeds (Allium cepa L.): a selection of varieties

In ICS' working areas, the natural growing conditions are often extreme. Therefore, sowing high quality seeds is essential to lead to profitable crop productions, adapted to local and international markets (fresh, storage and processing onions). In order to provide its customers with suitable seeds, ICS has developed its own registered trade mark: Terradonis®.

ICS' registered trade mark
for high quality seeds

Terradonis® onion seeds

short day : red onions Red Star, Red Creole, Violet de Galmi, yellow varieties Firaz, Sonia and white variety White Grano

intermediate day : yellow variety Casino, with good keeping properties, red variety Amposta Red (also considered as long day in some areas).

long day : Amposta Red and Red Tiger varieties, yellow onions Cesar, Valencia late, Esperance..., white variety Bianco Duro.

Terradonis® seeds complete our wide range of varieties, provided by reliable firms such as Nunhems, and presented below.

The illustration on the label represents the kind only. Variety may differ from the illustration in color, shape and size.
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Short day	Intermediate day	Long day

Milky way	Alabaster F1	Cometa F1

Mata Hari (or Icaro) - Sultan F1 - Lambada F1 - Bossa Nova F1	Masilla F1	Campillo F1

Excel - Rio Bravo - Nirvana	Cimarron	Granero - Pandero 7600

Variety choice : a key stage
In tropical areas, variety choice depends more on the destination of the product and the plant's physiological needs than on yield potentials. Storage onions for example must have medium size bulbs, the storage length being reduced when bulbs are too large.

Varietal certification : useful links
Many informations about international product standards for seeds are available on the OECD web site, such as the list of varieties eligible for Certification.
See also :
ISTA - International seed testing association

MILKY WAY F1
Short day white hybrid onion

General specifications

- Early maturity
- Strong plant with high adaptability and an excellent resistance to pink rot.
- Attractive round shape
- Very good bolting tolerance

Recommendations

- 80 to 100 seeds/m² using precision machines, such as the Monosem MS planter.
- Harvest when over 70% of tops are down.
- Handle with care after harvest.

ALABASTER F1
Intermediate day white
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Early maturity
- Good flexibility
- Perfect white color and attractive appearance (globe shape)
- High resistance to pink root
- Mild sweet flavor
- Very high bolting tolerance
- Easy and fast curing (medium vigor plant + thin neck)

Planting

- 80 to 100 seeds / m²
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing please contact us for technical advice. A close follow-up is necessary to prevent massive insect attacks.

COMETA F1
Long day white
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Attractive white color and skin quality
- Late maturity
- High vigor and strong plant type in all phases of crop growth which is important for a good weed control program. It also makes the plant very tolerant to heat stress.
- High resistance level to pink root and Fusarium
- Outstanding yields of large bulbs
- Very good storage ability for a high yielding hybrid

Recommendations

- Plant 70 to 90 seeds / m²
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing or transplanting please contact us for technical advice.
- Harvest when 80 to 90% of the tops are naturally down.

MATA HARI (or ICARO)
Short day red
hybrid onion

General specifications

- High plant vigor and adaptability
- Excellent deep red color
- Very good bolting tolerance compared to any red short day hybrid
- Mid early maturity (earlier than Rio Santiago)
- Large to Jumbo bulb size

Recommendations

-8 to 10 units of seeds / ha.
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing please contact us for technical advice.
- Harvest when over 80% of tops are down.

MASILLA F1
Intermediate day red
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Early maturity
- Attractive mix of color, skin, size and shape
- Medium to high vigor
- No split / double bulbs
- Crisp flesh with flavor

Recommendations

- 70 to 90 seeds / m² for direct planting
- 30 to 40 seedling /m² for transplanting
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing or transplanting please contact us for technical advice.
- With early intermediate hybrids like Masilla, performances are closely related to plant management practives, mainly water and nurtients : they must be applied at the right time and in the right quantity.
- Harvest when 50 to 60% of the tops are down.

EXCEL 1104 F1
Short day yellow
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Globe shape with high uniformity
- High frequency of medium and large size bulbs
- Strong plant with high resistance to pink rot

Recommendations

- 80 to 100 seeds / m² for direct planting
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing please contact us for technical advice.
- Keep field clean of weeds - see our weed control program.
- Harvest when over 60% of tops are down.

Next product Yellow / short day

RIO BRAVOF1
Short day yellow
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Excellent adaptability for improved yielding ability
- High tolerance to stress and tip burn complex at maturity
- Very uniform granex shape with strong root system
- Attractive color and skin quality
- High resistance to bolting

Recommendations

GRANERO F1
Long day yellow
hybrid onion

General specifications

- Mid early maturity
- High plant vigor in all crop stages
- Matures earlier than local yellow long days
- Excellent resistance level to pink root
- Outstanding storage ability
- A mix of dark color and nice block shape of bulbs

Recommendations

- Use 70 to 85 seeds / m² for direct planting
- We recommend the use of the Väderstad Carrier for soil preparation and a precision seeder such as the MS Monosem. If you are interested in direct sowing please contact us for technical advice.
- Harvest when 80 to 90% of tops are naturally down.
- The bulb firmness allows mechanical handling ; we recommend the use of Samon machinery.

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	Publication director : Jean-François MARTIN - ICS - 12 rue du Soleil, ZA Croix-Fort - 17220 La Jarrie - France