Long term storage of garlic under ordinary conditions is difficult and results in loss of bulb weight, increase sprouting, rotting and hollow bulb incidence. The experiment was conducted using different chemicals to assess their effect on storage life of garlic cv. Agrifound Parvati during the years 2010–11 and 2011–12. Chemicals viz. borax @1000 and 1500 ppm, paclobutrazol @1000 and 1500 ppm, cycocel @1000 and 1500 ppm were sprayed twice i.e. one month and two months before harvesting of the crop, whereas Chlorpropham @1000 and 1500 ppm was sprayed after harvesting and before storage of the bulbs only once and in this treatment spray was not done on standing crop. Among all treatments, borax @ 1000 ppm was found best treatment and recorded minimum physiological loss of bulb weight, sprouting incidence, rotting incidence and hollow bulb occurrence during storage of garlic. Next best treatment was borax @ 1500 ppm followed by paclobutrazol @1000 ppm which also recorded less storage losses in garlic.
Publish Year: 2013
