In this article, you'll discover the botanical name of onion and learn why botanists use such precise terminology.

VIDALIA — The Vidalia onion. Beloved across the country — so much so that it garnered a $200 million farm gate value in 2022 — but only grown in 20 counties surrounding the town of Vidalia ...

The total yield was a little lower than the other Best Buys, but it’s still a very good variety. This variety produced good-looking, golden onions with crisp, shiny skins. It’s claimed to be ...

Our fall planting season is winding down, and we are moving onto the onion family. This week we will be planting scallions, chives, and two varieties of onions. Of all these members of the onion ...

Robot Identifies Plants by 'Touching' Their Leaves Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their ...

For years I thought that black onion seeds had something to do with onions. They don¹t. What we call black onion seeds are in fact Nigella seeds, known as Kalonji. One of the most striking ...

What would we do without the genus Allium? I am convinced that our kitchens and dinner tables (and literature) would much ...

MANILA, Philippines — During the holiday season in 2022, the country saw an unprecedented onion crisis, with retail prices of the bulbs hitting an eye-watering P700 a kilo. The crisis was blamed ...

Research in the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences runs the gamut: from plants, animals and dairy science, and crop and soil sciences to entomology, ...