Paper · 1979 · Annals of Applied Biology

The effect of bulb size on the storage‐life of onions

C. M. WARD

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citations
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Abstract

SUMMARY In 2 years, 1972 and 1973, onion bulbs were harvested on various dates, graded into a range of sizes and stored at ambient temperatures. Periodic assessments showed that the number of bulbs that both rotted and sprouted increased with increasing bulb size. Although rotting can be controlled with benomyl seed dressing the increased tendency of large bulbs to sprout could have commercial implications. The date of commencement of sprouting was not affected by bulb size, but the percentage increase of sprouting was faster in the larger bulbs. Delayed harvesting also led to increased sprouting in store.

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Claims 6

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rotting increased with onion bulb size in storage.

Taxon
onionAllium cepae1
Material
bulb sizee0
Organ / stage
bulbse0
Outcome
rottede0
Direction
increasede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“the number of bulbs that both rotted and sprouted increased with increasing bulb size.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 178–264 · show in text ↑
e1

“onion bulbs were harvested on various dates”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 35–78 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sprouting increased with onion bulb size in storage.

Taxon
onionAllium cepae1
Material
bulb sizee0
Organ / stage
bulbse0
Outcome
sproutede0
Direction
increasede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the number of bulbs that both rotted and sprouted increased with increasing bulb size.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 178–264 · show in text ↑
e1

“onion bulbs were harvested on various dates”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 35–78 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Benomyl seed dressing could control onion bulb rotting.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepat0
Treatment
benomyl seed dressinge0
Outcome
rottinge0
Direction
controllede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“onions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–53 · show in text ↑
e0

“rotting can be controlled with benomyl seed dressing”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 274–326 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bulb size did not affect the date on which onion sprouting began.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepat0
Material
bulb sizee0
Outcome
date of commencement of sproutinge0
Direction
not affectede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“onions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–53 · show in text ↑
e0

“The date of commencement of sprouting was not affected by bulb size”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 411–478 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The percentage increase in sprouting was faster in larger onion bulbs.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepat0
Material
larger bulbse0
Outcome
percentage increase of sproutinge0
Direction
fastere0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“onions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–53 · show in text ↑
e0

“the percentage increase of sprouting was faster in the larger bulbs.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 484–552 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Delayed harvesting increased onion sprouting during storage.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepat0
Treatment
Delayed harvestinge0
Outcome
sprouting in storee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“onions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–53 · show in text ↑
e0

“Delayed harvesting also led to increased sprouting in store.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 553–613 · show in text ↑

benomyl · disease · Allium cepa (onion)Results agree

5 papers: 5 positive, 0 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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seed treatment · disease · Allium cepa (onion)Results agree

8 papers: 8 positive, 0 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.