Abstract
As explained last week, fertilisation is used to stimulate growth of the onion plant, then nitrogen is reduced to encourage early maturity. This is a good time to apply potash too if your soil analysis shows this is at a marginal level - it will enhance onion quality. Withholding water will also speed up bulb maturity. Do so gradually so as not to shock the plant and cause it harm. The leaves will take on a dull, bluish appearance; this is not a problem. What you don't want is wilting; this is an indication of too much stress. These strategies will encourage the plant to divert energy from the leaves to the bulb. When the day-length is right, bulbing speeds up and the neck of the plant becomes soft and weak, causing the leaves to fall over. This is where some farmers make a mistake. In an effort to help nature along, they run a roller through the land to force the remaining onions over.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilisation stimulates onion growth.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepae0 - Treatment
- fertilisatione0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- stimulatee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fertilisation is used to stimulate growth of the onion plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing nitrogen encourages early onion maturity.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- nitrogen is reducede0
- Outcome
- early maturitye0
- Direction
- encouragee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“nitrogen is reduced to encourage early maturity”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying potash when soil levels are marginal enhances onion quality.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- potashe0
- Outcome
- onion qualitye0
- Direction
- enhancee0
- Qualifier
- at a marginal levele0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“apply potash too if your soil analysis shows this is at a marginal level - it will enhance onion quality”
e1“onion plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Withholding water speeds onion bulb maturity.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Withholding watere0
- Outcome
- bulb maturitye0
- Direction
- speed upe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Withholding water will also speed up bulb maturity.”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Withholding water too abruptly can harm onion plants.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Outcome
- Do so graduallye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Do so gradually so as not to shock the plant and cause it harm.”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion leaves become dull and bluish during this maturity management.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Outcome
- dull, bluish appearancee0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The leaves will take on a dull, bluish appearance”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Wilting indicates excessive stress in onions.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Outcome
- wiltinge0
- Qualifier
- too much stresse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“wilting; this is an indication of too much stress”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
At the right day length, onion bulbing accelerates.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- day-lengthe0
- Outcome
- bulbinge0
- Direction
- speeds upe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When the day-length is right, bulbing speeds up”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion necks soften and weaken as bulbing accelerates, causing leaves to fall over.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Outcome
- neck of the plant becomes soft and weak, causing the leaves to fall overe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the neck of the plant becomes soft and weak, causing the leaves to fall over”
t0“onions”