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

Table 7.

Bulb dry matter, total dry biomass, and total bulb yield 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)	BDM (%)	TDB (g)	TBY (t/ha)	BDM (%)	TDB (g)	TBY (t/ha)
Ambient temperature	0	27.77^j	9.74^k	8.02^h	30.17^h	12.34^h	9.43^f
	125	27.95^j	10.06^k	8.17^h	23.25ⁿ	5.19^o	4.73^l
	250	28.94ⁱ	11.14^j	8.80^g	23.10ⁿ	5.12^o	4.70^l
	375	28.93ⁱ	11.15^j	8.80^g	23.12ⁿ	5.16^o	4.72^l
Cold storage (days)

10	0	29.75^h	11.76ⁱ	9.07^g	31.36^g	13.92^g	10.22^e
	125	30.16^h	12.39^h	9.45^f	24.28^m	6.28ⁿ	5.52^k
	250	30.22^h	12.46^h	9.48^f	24.27^m	6.29ⁿ	5.53^k
	375	30.24^h	12.49^h	9.49^f	24.36^m	6.32ⁿ	5.53^k

20	0	31.39^g	13.99^g	10.27^e	34.17^bc	16.95^bc	11.53^b
	125	31.43^g	14.01^g	10.28^e	25.58^l	7.32^m	6.23^j
	250	32.15^f	14.78^f	10.63^d	25.60^l	7.33^m	6.24^j
	375	31.37^g	14.00^g	10.28^e	25.68^l	7.33^m	6.23^j

30	0	33.59^cd	16.11^cd	11.25^bc	37.49^a	21.29^a	13.66^a
	125	32.96^e	15.53^e	10.96^cd	26.68^k	8.34^l	6.91ⁱ
	250	32.95^e	15.58^e	10.98^c	26.76^k	8.37^l	6.90ⁱ
	375	32.98^de	15.61^e	10.99^c	26.72^k	8.38^l	6.92ⁱ

Overall mean	Topping	30.80	13.17	9.81	27.04	9.12	7.19
	Ambient	28.40	10.52	8.45	24.91	6.95	5.89
	Cold storage	31.60	14.06	10.26	27.74	9.84	7.62
	Nonsoaked	30.62	12.90	9.65	33.30	16.12	11.21
	GA₃ soaked	30.86	13.27	9.86	24.95	6.78	5.85

Means with different letter(s) in columns have significant differences according to DMRT at 5% probability level, and BDM = bulb dry matter, TDB = total dry biomass, and TBY = total bulb yield.