Objetivando-se indicar cultivares de cebola mais produtivas e de melhor qualidade de bulbos para a região semi-árida, conduziu-se um ensaio no Projeto Bebedouro, Petrolina-PE, de abril a agosto de 1997. O delineamento experimental foi de blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições e as seguintes cultivares: Granex-429, Texas Grano-PRR, Brownsville, Houston, Texas Grano-502, Texas Grano-438, Conquista, Composto IPA-6, Belém IPA-9, Franciscana IPA-10, Valeouro IPA-11, Alfa Tropical (CNPH-6179) , CNPH-5898, CNPH-6074, CNPH-6040, CNPH-6067, Bola P. Empasc, XP-1, XP-2 e Crioula Mercosul. A produtividade de bulbos comerciais variou de 21,41 a 61,78 t/ha, destacando-se as cultivares Texas Grano-PRR (61,78 t/ha), Granex-429 (58,28 t/ha), Texas Grano-438 (56,97 t/ha), Brownsville (55,38 t/ha), Texas Grano-502 (53,97t/ha) e Houston (53,35 t/ha), que não mostraram diferenças significativas entre si.
With the objective of identifying high productive and better quality onion cultivars for the tropical semi-arid region of Brazil, field trials were conducted at Petrolina, Pernambuco State, Brazil, from February until July of 1996.The experimental design was a randomized complete blocks with four repetitions and twenty treatments (Cultivars Granex-429, Texas Grano-PRR, Brownsville, Houston, Texas Grano-502, Texas Grano-438, Conquista, Composto IPA-6, Belém IPA-9, Franciscana IPA-10, Valeouro IPA-11, Alfa Tropical (CNPH-6179), CNPH-5898, CNPH-6074, CNPH-6040, CNPH-6067, Bola P. Empasc, XP-1, XP-2 and Crioula Mercosul). Production of commercial bulbs ranged forms 21.41 to 61.78 ton/ha. Texas Grano-PRR had the highest yield (61.78 ton/ha), followed by Granex-429 (58.28 ton/ha), Texas Grano-438 (56.97 ton/ha), Brownsville (55.38 ton/ha), Texas Grano-502 (53.97 ton/ha) and Houston (53.35 ton/ha).