Visual and Keeping Quality of Stored Bulb Onions as Affected by Harvest and Postharvest Treatments
Table 2
Keeping quality of bulb onions subjected to harvest and postharvest treatments.
Factors
Treatments
Fresh weight (kg)
Residual weight (kg)
Weight loss (kg)
Days to 50% sprouting
Harvesting stage
75% top fall
1081.22 A
1009.16 A
72.06 C
79.56 A
50% top fall
893.05 B
806.97 B
86.07 B
67.97 B
25% top fall
656.03 C
482.20 C
173.82 A
60.08 C
value
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Standard error
8.159
8.277
1.079
0.419
Curing period
2 weeks’ curing
N/A
797.39 A
78.90 C
84.00 A
1-week curing
N/A
760.58 B
114.54 B
72.00 B
No curing
N/A
740.37 B
138.51 A
51.61 C
value
N/A
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Standard error
N/A
8.277
1.079
0.419
Topping time
Topping after
N/A
773.17
103.81 B
72.11 A
Topping before
N/A
759.05
117.50 A
66.30 B
value
N/A
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Standard error
N/A
6.758
0.881
0.342
Seasonal variations
Season 1
926.43 A
810.42 A
116.01 A
68.96
Season 2
827.10 B
721.80 B
105.30 B
69.44
value
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.322NS
Standard error
6.662
6.758
0.881
0.342
Means followed by the same letter within the column for each treatment factors are not significantly different at alpha = 0.05; N/A: not applicable; NS: not significant.
