. 2022 Mar 24;2022:2998190. doi: 10.1155/2022/2998190

Table 5.

Neck diameter, bulb length and diameter, and average bulb weight of garlic cloves as influenced by the interaction effects of clove topping, cold storage duration, and gibberellic acid.

Storage	Topping	Whole clove				Topped clove
Storage	GA₃ (mg/l)	BL(cm)	BD (cm)	ABW (g)	ND (cm)	BL(cm)	BD (cm)	ABW (g)	ND (cm)
Ambient temperature	0	2.69^j	3.26ⁱ	22.14ⁱ	1.01ⁱ	3.14^h	3.80^g	26.31^fg	1.09^fg
	125	2.71^j	3.29ⁱ	22.45ⁱ	1.02ⁱ	1.81ⁿ	2.20^m	12.98^m	0.85^m
	250	2.91ⁱ	3.53^h	24.36^h	1.05^h	1.79ⁿ	2.18^m	12.83^m	0.86^m
	375	2.92ⁱ	3.54^h	24.38^h	1.05^h	1.79ⁿ	2.19^m	12.96^m	0.85^m
Cold storage (days)

10	0	3.07^h	3.72^g	25.31^gh	1.06^gh	3.40^g	4.11^f	28.76^e	1.12^e
	125	3.15^h	3.82^g	26.47^f	1.08^fg	2.01^m	2.44^l	14.89^l	0.90^l
	250	3.15^h	3.84^g	26.58^f	1.09^f	2.02^m	2.45^l	14.91^l	0.90^l
	375	3.16^h	3.84^g	26.62^f	1.09^f	2.02^m	2.46^l	14.94^l	0.91^l

20	0	3.38^g	4.10^f	28.95^e	1.12^e	3.94^b	4.76^b	33.00^b	1.19^b
	125	3.39^g	4.11^f	28.99^e	1.12^e	2.27^l	2.75^k	16.95^k	0.94^k
	250	3.54^f	4.29^e	30.03^d	1.14^de	2.27^l	2.77^k	16.97^k	0.94^k
	375	3.38^g	4.10^f	28.98^e	1.12^e	2.28^l	2.78^k	16.96^k	0.95^k

30	0	3.81^cd	4.61^c	31.77^c	1.17^bc	4.64^a	5.60^a	39.43^a	1.29^a
	125	3.69^e	4.47^d	30.90^cd	1.16^cd	2.48^k	3.00^j	18.91^j	0.98^j
	250	3.68^e	4.46^d	31.06^c	1.16^cd	2.49^k	3.02^j	18.92^j	0.98^j
	375	3.70^de	4.48^cd	31.09^c	1.16^cd	2.48^k	3.02^j	18.95^j	0.99^j

Overall mean	Topping	3.27	3.96	27.50	1.10	2.55	3.09	19.92	0.98
	Ambient	2.81	3.40	23.33	1.03	2.13	2.59	16.27	0.91
	Cold storage	3.42	4.15	28.89	1.12	2.69	3.26	21.13	1.01
	Nonsoaked	3.24	3.92	27.04	1.09	3.78	4.57	31.87	1.17
	GA₃ soaked	3.28	3.98	27.66	1.10	2.14	2.60	15.93	0.92

Means with different letter(s) in columns have significant differences according to DMRT at 5% probability level, and ND = neck diameter, BL = bulb length, BW = bulb diameter, and ABW = average bulb weight.