Low Pungency, Long Day Onion

A plurality of onion plants, or parts thereof, wherein said plurality of onion plants require 14 or more contiguous hours of daylight to initiate bulb formation, wherein said plurality of onion plants are characterized as producing yellow or white globe shaped bulbs having an average bulb size of between 300 and 700 grams and an average pyruvic acid development (PAD) value less than 5.5 μmol pyruvic acid/gram fresh weight (μmol/g FW pyruvate) at harvest and an average PAD value that increases no more than 20% after storage for two months at 5 degrees centigrade and 50% relative humidity,

• wherein said plurality of onion plants is grown from a seed obtained by one or more crosses between
• a first onion plant selected from the group consisting of WYL 77-5128B having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, WYL 77-5168B having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330, WYL 77-5128B that possesses a male sterility trait, WYL 77-5168B that possesses a male sterility trait, and
• a second onion plant selected from the group consisting of commercial cultivars Daytona, Ranchero, Granero, Sabroso, Tamara, Hamlet, Fortress, Norstar, Teton, Vaquero, Bravo, Regiment, Riviera, Seville, Tesoro, Tribute, Valiant, Vantage, Vega, Viper, Vision, and Mira.