Philippine Journal of Science
151 (1): 437-448, February 2022
ISSN 0031 – 7683
Date Received: 27 Jul 2021

Performance Evaluation of Low-cost Storage
Structures for Onions (Allium cepa L.) Storage
in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Selam Getachew Eriballo¹, Neela Satheesh^1,2*, and Solomon Workneh Fanta¹

¹Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology
Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
²Department of Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Odisha, India

*Corresponding author: neela.micro2005@gmail.com

 

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Eriballo SG et al. 2022. Performance Evaluation of Low-cost Storage Structures for Onions (Allium cepa L.)
Storage in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Philipp J Sci 151(1): 437–448. https://doi.org/10.56899/151.01.33

 

ABSTRACT

The effect of fully ventilated storage structure, netted bags, mud-coated structure (local practice in the region), and heap storage on quality and shelf-life of onion cv. Bombay red was studied at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology in Ethiopia. The experiment was conducted in a single factor with four levels (four storage structures) with three replications. Manually harvested and cured onions were stored in different storage structures and different quality and shelf-life properties were studied for 90 d. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation was conducted by SAS 9.2 version. The lowest sprouting % (1.03), rotting % (1.81), and mold incidence % (2.73) of the onions were recorded in the onions stored in fully ventilated storage structures for 90 d. The highest marketable bulb % was observed in the fully ventilated storage structure by the 90th day of storage. On the basis of this study, the fully ventilated structure was recommended to store the onions in the studied location.