The storage potential of four garlic cultivars, harvested on different dates with or without toilet, was determined in an experiment conducted in a warehouse, in Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The mass loss and index of shrunken bulbs were evaluated. Mass loss at the final of storage period was lesser when bulbs were harvested at a more advanced maturation stage and, the bulbs stored without the toilet practice presented lesser empty bulblets at the end of 180-day storage.
Allium sativum L.; mass loss; shrunken bulbs; storage
