Journal of
Stored Products and Postharvest Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Stored Prod. Postharvest Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6567
  • DOI: 10.5897/JSPPR
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 165

Table of Content: 8 December, 2011; 2(15)

December 2011

Efficiency in the guava production of Zitacuaro Region, Michoacan, Mexico

In the present research the efficiency of the production of guava in the region of Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, through data collected from 147 producers in twenty localities using ten reference variables was analyzed. Being that the aim was to identify the variables that affect in the efficiency of the production of guava as well as to determine which localities turn out to be efficient with respect to the used inputs...

Author(s): José César Lenin Navarro-Chávez and América Ivonne Zamora Torres

December 2011

Garlic physiological characteristics from harvest to sprouting in response to low temperature

Garlic is a perennial vegetable crop which belongs to liliaceae family and propagated by bulbs. Garlic sprouting depends on air temperature and its storage period. This study was conducted to investigate physiological trait variations from sprouting to harvest of garlic cv. White Gorgan stored in low temperature (4°C). Toward this end, variations of chlorophyll, carotenoid, carbohydrates, as well as the...

Author(s): Sadegh Atashi, Vahid Akbarpour, Kambiz Mashayekhi and Seyyed Javad Mousavizadeh