Claim · model-written summary
Prolonged ambient storage of onion bulbs increased sprouted bulbs by up to 30−50%
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- Prolonged storage in ambient conditionse1
- Outcome
- sprouted bulbse1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 30−50%e1
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Verbatim
e1“Prolonged storage in ambient conditions caused a significant decrease in marketable bulbs, up to 40−60%, and an increase of the amount of sprouted bulbs, up to 30−50%.”
t0“DIFFERENT ONION CULTIVARS”
Title
Z. Ilić; L. Milenković; M. Djurovka; et al. Acta Horticulturae 2009. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2009.830.92
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Prolonged ambient storage of onion bulbs significantly decreased marketable bulbs by up to 40−60%
- Recommendation Storing onion bulbs in ambient conditions for a longer period is not economically approved
- Association Time until sprouting of onion bulbs is affected by storage conditions, especially temperature
- Observation Only 1 to 6% of onion bulbs sprouted during 6 months of refrigerated cool storage at 0−2°C
- Observation The rate of sprouting of onion bulbs increased by 26−40% after market simulation
- Observation Sugar content of onion bulbs decreased slightly after long-term storage, by 4,5−10,5%, depending on cultivar
- Observation Vitamin C content of onion bulbs decreased slightly after long-term storage, to 12,4 to 14,9 mg/100mg
- Observation Dry matter content of onion bulbs showed little change between initial levels and levels after 6 months of storage