Abstract
Purpose. To justify elements of the post-harvest winter garlic processing technology that will increase storability and shelf life of garlic. The working hypothesis was based on the assumption that it is possible to use a modified paraffin-containing coating, which will increase the stability of garlic bulbs during storage. Methods. General scientific: 1. hypothesis method - drawing up experimental designs; 2. experimental method – designs of laboratory experiments; 3. methods of analysis and synthesis - drawing conclusions and summarizing, computational and analytical. Results. Covering bulbs with a mixture of 90% shellac (food additive, E904) + 10% aloe vera gel ensured a storage length of 145 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%. 20% sunflower wax increased the storage length up to 142 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%, while with paraffin coating the storage period was 100 days and the daily weight loss was 0.10%. It was established that the control specimens of garlic stored at reduced relative air humidity (RAH) (60– 70%) significantly lost their weight. The increase in RAH during storage reduced the weight loss of garlic bulbs to 8.2%, i.e. 2.5-fold. Covering garlic bulbs with a protective film reduced the weight loss by 4.6–5 times at RAH of 60–70%. Increasing RAH to 75–85% and 90–95% reduced it by 4.7–5.3 and 2.9–3.1 times, respectively. With similar daily weight loss in the experiments with 75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower wax, with 90% shellac + 10% aloe vera gel, with 85% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 10% sunflower wax, with 65% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 30% sunflower wax (the daily weight loss was 0.036%, 0.036%, 0.044%, and 0.044%, respectively), the storage lengths were not equal. Bulb coatings extended the storage period by 25-45 days depending on coating composition. The longest storage (142–145 days) was achieved with 75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower wax and with 90% shellac + 10% aloe vera gel (the daily weight loss was 0.036%). Conclusions. The effects of the protective coatings on the bulb weight amounted to 76.0%, while the RAH contribution was 12.0%, and the interaction of the studied factors accounted for 12.0%.
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Claims 19
Claim · model-written summary
A 90% shellac and 10% aloe vera gel coating gave 145 days of storage.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 90% shellac (food additive, E904) + 10% aloe vera gele0
- Outcome
- storage lengthe0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 145 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Covering bulbs with a mixture of 90% shellac (food additive, E904) + 10% aloe vera gel ensured a storage length of 145 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The shellac and aloe coating had daily weight loss of 0.036%.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 90% shellac (food additive, E904) + 10% aloe vera gele0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.036%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Covering bulbs with a mixture of 90% shellac (food additive, E904) + 10% aloe vera gel ensured a storage length of 145 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
A 20% sunflower wax coating extended storage to 142 days.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 20% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- storage lengthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 142 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“20% sunflower wax increased the storage length up to 142 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The sunflower wax coating had daily weight loss of 0.036%.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 20% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.036%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“20% sunflower wax increased the storage length up to 142 days with the daily weight loss of 0.036%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Paraffin coating gave a storage period of 100 days.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- paraffin coatinge0
- Outcome
- storage periode0
- Value
- 100 dayse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“with paraffin coating the storage period was 100 days and the daily weight loss was 0.10%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Paraffin coating had daily weight loss of 0.10%.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- paraffin coatinge0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.10%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“with paraffin coating the storage period was 100 days and the daily weight loss was 0.10%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Garlic controls lost significant weight under 60–70% relative humidity.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Outcome
- lost their weighte0
- Direction
- loste0
- Qualifier
- 60– 70%e0
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Verbatim
e0“control specimens of garlic stored at reduced relative air humidity (RAH) (60– 70%) significantly lost their weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing relative humidity reduced garlic bulb weight loss to 8.2%.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Treatment
- increase in RAHe0
- Outcome
- weight loss of garlic bulbse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 8.2%e0
- Qualifier
- 2.5-folde0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The increase in RAH during storage reduced the weight loss of garlic bulbs to 8.2%, i.e. 2.5-fold”
Claim · model-written summary
Protective film reduced weight loss 4.6–5 times at 60–70% relative humidity.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Treatment
- protective filme0
- Outcome
- weight losse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 4.6–5 timese0
- Qualifier
- RAH of 60–70%e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Covering garlic bulbs with a protective film reduced the weight loss by 4.6–5 times at RAH of 60–70%”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative humidity of 75–85% reduced bulb weight loss 4.7–5.3 times.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- RAH to 75–85%e0
- Outcome
- weight losse1
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 4.7–5.3e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Increasing RAH to 75–85% and 90–95% reduced it by 4.7–5.3 and 2.9–3.1 times, respectively”
e1“reduced the weight loss by 4.6–5 times”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative humidity of 90–95% reduced bulb weight loss 2.9–3.1 times.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 90–95%e0
- Outcome
- weight losse1
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 2.9–3.1 timese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Increasing RAH to 75–85% and 90–95% reduced it by 4.7–5.3 and 2.9–3.1 times, respectively”
e1“reduced the weight loss by 4.6–5 times”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The 75% paraffin, 5% glycerin, 20% sunflower wax coating had 0.036% daily weight loss.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.036%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower wax, with 90% shellac + 10% aloe vera gel, with 85% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 10% sunflower wax, with 65% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 30% sunflower wax (the daily weight loss was 0.036%, 0.036%, 0.044%, and 0.044%, respectively)”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The 85% paraffin, 5% glycerin, 10% sunflower wax coating had 0.044% daily weight loss.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 85% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 10% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.044%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“85% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 10% sunflower wax, with 65% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 30% sunflower wax (the daily weight loss was 0.036%, 0.036%, 0.044%, and 0.044%, respectively)”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The 65% paraffin, 5% glycerin, 30% sunflower wax coating had 0.044% daily weight loss.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 65% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 30% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- daily weight losse0
- Value
- 0.044%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“65% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 30% sunflower wax (the daily weight loss was 0.036%, 0.036%, 0.044%, and 0.044%, respectively)”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Coatings extended storage by 25–45 days depending on composition.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- Bulb coatingse0
- Outcome
- storage periode0
- Direction
- extendede0
- Value
- 25-45 dayse0
- Qualifier
- depending on coating compositione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Bulb coatings extended the storage period by 25-45 days depending on coating composition”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The 75% paraffin, 5% glycerin, 20% sunflower wax coating was among the longest storage treatments at 142–145 days.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- 75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower waxe0
- Outcome
- longest storagee0
- Direction
- longeste0
- Value
- 142–145 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The longest storage (142–145 days) was achieved with 75% paraffin + 5% glycerin + 20% sunflower wax and with 90% shellac + 10% aloe vera gel”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Protective coatings explained 76.0% of the effect on bulb weight.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- protective coatingse0
- Outcome
- bulb weighte0
- Value
- 76.0%e0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The effects of the protective coatings on the bulb weight amounted to 76.0%”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative humidity contributed 12.0% to bulb weight variation.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- RAHe0
- Outcome
- bulb weighte1
- Value
- 12.0%e0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“the RAH contribution was 12.0%”
e1“the bulb weight”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
Claim · model-written summary
The coating and humidity interaction contributed 12.0%.
- Taxon
- WINTER GARLIC
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- studied factorse0
- Outcome
- bulb weighte1
- Value
- 12.0%e0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“the interaction of the studied factors accounted for 12.0%”
e1“the bulb weight”
t0“WINTER GARLIC”
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