Garlic postharvest technology [Abst.]

Garlic postharvest technology [Abst.]

1996

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Garlic is one of the most important crops in Ilocos Region [Philippines]. With appropriate postharvest technologies which are cost effective and environment friendly, farmers can obtain an additional income of P21,000 if the can store their bulbs until five to six months then sell them. Infestation due to cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne, the major storage pest of garlic could be prevented by drying the bulbs on cement pavement for seven to ten days then placing dried Lagundi, Vitex negundo leaves on the bulbs during storage. The labor intensive requirement in cleaning can be reduced by a simple root trimmer, i.e., the curved-bladed shear.

v.21(suppl. no.1):36, PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE

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