VARIETIES

A number of onion varieties have been developed in India by SAUs and ICAR Institutes for cultivation in different regions. About 35 improved varieties have been classified into 2 groups - common onions and mulplier onion

The common onions have been grouped into 3 sub-groups  based on colour of skin, i.e. red, yellow and white.  The descriptions of varieties are given here under:


  1.Big Onion


 
 

 

 


 Red Coloured Bulbs
Agrifound Dark Red
Agrifound Light Red
NHRDF Red
Pusa Red
Pusa Ratnar
Pusa Madhavi 
Arka Niketan
Arka Kalyan 
Arka Pragati
Punjab Selection
Punjab Red Round
N 2-4-1
N 53
Kalyanpur Red Round
Hissar 2
Baswant 780
Udaipur 101

 Yellow Coloured Bulbs
Early Grano
Spanish Brown
Phule Suvarna

White Coloured Bulbs
Agrifound White
Pusa White Round
Pusa White Flat
Punjab-48
Udaipur-102
N 257-9-1
Phule Safed

2.
Small Common Onion

 
 

Agrifound Rose

Arka Bindu

3. Multiplier Onion (Allium cepa var.aggregatum)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 Agrifound Red

 Co 1

 Co 2

 Co 3

 Co 4

 Mdu 1