01960naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000160009524501090011126000090022050000410022952011700027065000180144065000120145865000290147065000280149965300100152765300200153770000260155770000150158370000170159870000160161577300630163110569302019-10-28       2016    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.15258/sst.2016.44.3.042DOI1 aPELUFFO, S.  aOnion sets as planting material for seed production of three cultivars in Uruguayh[electronic resource]  c2016  aArticle history: Accepted July 2016.  aABSTRACT.  Onion sets (small onion bulblets) may allow seed production with lower costs than the traditional biennial cycle. This research aimed to evaluate the seed-set-seed method for seed production of three onion cultivars grown in Uruguay. Small (16-21 mm) and large (26-31 mm) onion sets were evaluated in combination with four storage periods at 7°C (0, 15, 30 and 45 days) for the cultivars INIA Casera (IC) and Pantanoso del Sauce CRS (PS), and 0 and 30 days for INIA Valenciana (IV). Large sets produced higher yield for IC (1001 kg ha-1) and PS (745 kg ha-1) than small sets, with no influence of the cold period. Large set-size in combination with 30 days storage at 7°C showed the highest yield for IV (595 kg ha-1). Seed weight was only influenced in IC, with higher values for no cold storage and small sets with 30 days cold-storage. Germination in IV was higher for large sets with 30 days at 7°C, whereas in PS germination was higher for large sets with 15 days at 7°C. All treatment combinations showed germination higher than the 75% required in certification rules. Results suggest the viability of this method to obtain high quality seeds.  aALLIUM CEPA L  aCEBOLLA  aEVALUACION DE CULTIVARES  aPRODUCCIÓN DE SEMILLAS  aONION  aSEED PRODUCTION1 aGONZÁLEZ IDIARTE, H.1 aBORGES, A.1 aARBOLEYA, J.1 aGALVÁN, G.  tSeed Science and Technology, 2016gv. 44 (3), p. 500-513 .