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Potato Onion

Allium cepa

A variety of onion

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Allium cepa L.

Family / Taxonomy Liliopsida
Liliidae
Asparagales
Alliaceae
Optimal temperature 12 - 25 °C
Absolute temperature 4 - 30 °C
Optimal rainfall 350 - 600 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH 4.3 - 8.3
Crop cycle 85 - 175 days
Max altitude 2000 m
Life form herb
Life span biennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light clear skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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