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Table 17.7
Summary of Controlled Atmosphere Storage and Shelf Life Experiments on Onions.
Marketable
bulbs after
storage
duration
% sprouting
after shelf-life
duration
Physiological and
biochemical
differences
3
Storage
duration
Shelf-life
duration
Cultivar
CO
2
-O
2
Reference
Boñska, Dinarof,
Sochaczewska
2-0.75
2-1
5-1
2-2
5-3
Air
33 weeks 0 °C
93.9
86.3
90.5
86.9
74.2
4.2
21 days 20°C
25
25
55
38
55
85
n/a
Adamicki &
Saltveit
(1997)
Rumba
3-0.5
3-1
3-2
Air
36 weeks 0 °C
86.1
83.4
81.7
29.7
21 days 20°C
2
3
10
39
n/a
Adamicki
(2005)
Sherpa
<0.3-0.5%
<0.3-1.0%
<0.3-21%
36 weeks, 2 °C
n/a
n/a
n/a
↑ water soluble
carbohydrates
in 0.5% O
2
↑ sucrose in low
O
2
storage
↑ fructans in low
O
2
Ernst
et al
.
(2003)
Granex
5-3
5 months 27 °C
50
14 days 27°C
10
↑ pungency in low
O
2
Smittle
(1988)
Air
25
25
↑ fructose, glucose
and sucrose in
low O
2
5-3
5 months 5 °C
83
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