Harvest date and storage potential in garlic cultivars

Abstract

The storage potential of four garlic cultivars, harvested on different dates with or without toilet, was determined in an experiment conducted in a warehouse, in Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The mass loss and index of shrunken bulbs were evaluated. Mass loss at the final of storage period was lesser when bulbs were harvested at a more advanced maturation stage and, the bulbs stored without the toilet practice presented lesser empty bulblets at the end of 180-day storage.

Allium sativum L.; mass loss; shrunken bulbs; storage