10243
A Short-Day Hybrid Onion Variety
Outstanding Qualities
• Early maturing variety
• Uniform fall over of leaves
• Suitable for fresh market
• High yield potential
10243 is an early maturing yellow onion variety with high yield and suitable for fresh market. Plants have a uniform fall over of leaves at maturity. Bulbs are globular, uniform and firm. Yield is comparable to those hybrid varieties which are commercially cultivated locally. The variety adapts well to all onion growing regions except coastal areas having a sandy soil.
Characteristics* | 10243 | |
Kind | Hybrid Onion (Allium cepa L.) | |
Type | Short day variety | |
Leaf growth habit | Erect | |
Leaf colour | Green | |
Bulb colour | Yellow | |
Bulb shape | Globular | |
Bulb flesh colour | Creamish white with light yellow inner rings | |
Bulb shape uniformity | Very good | |
Neck size | Thin | |
Scale thickness | Thick | |
Scale retention | Very good | |
No. of scales at harvest | 1 – 2 | |
Bulb weight (g) | 75 – 285 | |
Bulb diameter (cm) | 5.0 – 14.5 | |
No. of inner rings | 9 – 11 | |
Crop cycle (days) | 145 – 153 | |
Storage losses after one month (%) after two months (%) after three months (%) | Ambient 10 – 13 23 – 35 43 – 44 | Cold (2 – 4 0C) 1 – 3 2 – 5 2 – 5 |
Marketable yield (t/ha) | 29 – 48 | |
* Characteristics vary with agronomic and management practices such as soil type, sowing date, nutrition, plant density and climatic conditions
Seed Supplier: Blychem Ltd