Low pungency long day onion

A cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant having a parent selected from the group consisting of variety WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329 and variety WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330, wherein said cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant requires 14 or more contiguous hours of daylight to initiate bulb formation and produces a bulb having low pungency.

A plant of variety WYL 77-5128B further possessing a cytoplasmic male sterility trait, wherein the trait was introduced by transformation or backcrossing into variety WYL 77-5128B, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329.

A plant of variety WYL 77-5168B further possessing a cytoplasmic male sterility trait, wherein the trait was introduced by transformation or backcrossing into variety WYL 77-5168B, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A seed of variety WYL 77-5128B, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41329.

A seed of variety WYL 77-5168B, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A cytoplasmically male sterile onion plant having a parent produced from a line selected from the group consisting of WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329 and WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330, wherein the cytoplasmically male sterile trait was introduced by transformation or backcrossing into variety WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, or WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A part of a cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant, wherein said cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant has a parent selected from the group consisting of variety WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, and variety WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A bulb from a cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant, wherein said cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant has a parent selected from the group consisting of variety WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, and variety WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330, wherein said cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant requires 14 or more contiguous hours of daylight to initiate bulb formation and produces a bulb having low pungency.

A cell derived from a cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant, wherein said cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant has a parent selected from the group consisting of WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, and WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A plant derived from variety WYL 77-5128B comprising all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the long day onion plant WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329 and further possessing the cytoplasmic male sterility trait.

A plant derived from variety WYL 77-5168B comprising all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the long day onion plant WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330 and further possessing the cytoplasmic male sterility trait.

A cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant, produced by crossing the plant of 96 or the plant of 99 with a parent selected from WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329 or WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.

A cytoplasmically male sterile hybrid onion plant, produced by crossing the plant of 155 or the plant of 158 with a parent selected from WYL 77-5128B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41329, or WYL 77-5168B, having seed deposited as NCIMB Accession No. 41330.