Growth and yield of five prospective shallot selected accessions from true shallot seeds in lowland areas

True shallot seed (TSS) from open pollination crossing are in the heterogenous as a result of the heterozygous parents. This condition gives the opportunity to obtain new selected accession through the genetic variations of their seedlings. Five TSS cultivars of Biru Lancor, Pancasona, Tuk-Tuk, Lokananta, Sanren were used as planting materials to be evaluate the growth and bulb yield performance for the selection of excellent shallot selected accessions in bulb production. The 300 seeds of each cultivar were planted in the field of Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Banguntapan, Bantul District, Yogyakarta (100 m above sea level). All seedlings were observed for the survival rate, plant growth, and development of bulb. The results showed that the seedlings of Sanren, Lokananta, Pancasona, Tuk-Tuk, and Biru Lancor could germinate with different survival rate of 88%, 87%, 80%, 67.3% and 48%, respectively. There was a significant difference in number of leaves affecting in Biru Lancor, Pancasona, Sanren, and Lokananta were 12 plants (4%), 20 plants (6.7%), 146 plants (48.7%), 25 plants (8.3%) respectively. All of the selected bulbs will be planted again for further evaluation in excellent trait of bulb aggregation (bulbs multiplication).