Onion crop profile. . . .

 

Area Under Cultivation : In the year 2013 -14 an area of  1173 thousand ha, with production of 18777 thousand tons.

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 a single point in the ground called as neck

 

Centre of Origin : Iran and Pakistan

 

Pollination System : Cross pollinated

 

Chromosome No. : 2n=16
 

Nutritional Levels :