Area under cultivation

 

The major onion producing states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab and Rajashan.

Botanical Name : Allium cepa

Family : Amaryllidaceae

Plant Discription :

It is a bulbous biennial plant with cylindrical green leaves 60 to 75 cm in height arising from asingle point in the ground called as neck

Centre of Origin : Iran and Pakistan

 

Pollination System : Cross pollinated

 

Chromosome No. : 2n=16