ISHS Acta Horticulturae 62: Symposium on Vegetable Storage
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE STORAGE OF ONIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM |
| Authors: | W.G. Tucker, J.R. Stow, C.M. Ward |
| Abstract:
The feasibility of storing onions at high temperature in the UK was investigated in a series of experiments over 4 years. Sprouting was lower but rotting and weight loss due to desiccation were higher at 30° and 35°C compared with 20 and 25°C. Overall wastage was least at 25°C within the range 50 to 70% r.h. but totalled 50% after 9 months storage and was still high (38%) when used for a comparatively short time (3.5 months) following cheaper storage under force-ventilated ambient cooling. Much smaller losses at 0°C showed that refrigerated storage offered more advantages than high temperature storage for marketing onion bulbs in the UK in June. | |
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