Abstract
Granex onions were harvested during three seasons at three levels of maturity of either early, optimum or late,cured for three durations of either 24, 48, or 72 h and stored in an air-conditioned environment of either a high or lowhumidity under a common temperature. Storability was measured by the rate of decay of onions in storage. When storedin an air-conditioned room, sweet onions eventually decayed, but their rate of decay was influenced by the treatments.Overall storability: diminished more rapidly beyond 10 weeks than before 10 weeks; was higher for early harvestedonions; was enhanced by 48 h of curing; and was enhanced by an environment of low humidity. Storability by harvestmaturity: was not enhanced by curing beyond 24 h for late and 48 h for optimal harvest onions, but for early harvestedonions storability was enhanced by curing as much as 72 h. Of all treatments, harvest maturity had the greatest influenceupon storability. Even though onions of an early harvest maturity had a higher storability than other maturities ofharvest, the onions had not reached their highest quality nor their maximum yield and so the optimal harvest maturitywas a compromise between yield, quality and storability.
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Claim · model-written summary
Sweet onions stored in an air-conditioned room eventually decayed.
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e1“When storedin an air-conditioned room, sweet onions eventually decayed”
Claim · model-written summary
Overall storability of sweet onions diminished more rapidly beyond 10 weeks than before 10 weeks.
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e1“Overall storability: diminished more rapidly beyond 10 weeks than before 10 weeks”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
Onions of early harvest maturity had higher storability than other harvest maturities.
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e1“onions of an early harvest maturity had a higher storability than other maturities ofharvest”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
Curing for 48 h enhanced overall storability of sweet onions.
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e1“Overall storability”
e2“was enhanced by 48 h of curing”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
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A low-humidity storage environment enhanced overall storability of sweet onions.
- Taxon
- SWEET ONIONSt0
- Treatment
- environment of low humiditye2
- Outcome
- Overall storabilitye1
- Direction
- enhancede2
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e1“Overall storability”
e2“was enhanced by an environment of low humidity”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
For late-harvested onions, storability was not enhanced by curing beyond 24 h.
- Taxon
- SWEET ONIONSt0
- Treatment
- curing beyond 24 he2
- Outcome
- Storabilitye1
- Direction
- not enhancede2
- Qualifier
- latee2
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e1“Storability by harvestmaturity”
e2“was not enhanced by curing beyond 24 h for late”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
For optimal-harvest onions, storability was not enhanced by curing beyond 48 h.
- Taxon
- SWEET ONIONSt0
- Treatment
- 48 h for optimal harvest onionse2
- Outcome
- Storabilitye1
- Direction
- not enhancede2
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e1“Storability by harvestmaturity”
e2“was not enhanced by curing beyond 24 h for late and 48 h for optimal harvest onions”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
For early-harvested onions, storability was enhanced by curing for as much as 72 h.
- Taxon
- SWEET ONIONSt0
- Treatment
- curing as much as 72 he1
- Outcome
- storabilitye1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Qualifier
- early harvestedonionse1
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e1“for early harvestedonions storability was enhanced by curing as much as 72 h”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
Of all treatments, harvest maturity had the greatest influence on storability.
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e1“Of all treatments, harvest maturity had the greatest influence upon storability”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
Early-harvested onions had not reached their highest quality or maximum yield.
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e1“the onions had not reached their highest quality nor their maximum yield”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that the optimal harvest maturity is a compromise between yield, quality and storability.
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e1“the optimal harvest maturity was a compromise between yield, quality and storability”
t0“STORABILITY OF SWEET ONIONS”
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