Abstract: In order to study the effect of low temperature on the growth and development of garlic cloves of different sizes, and give full play to the maximum effect of low temperature treatment of garlic cloves on the production, garlic cultivar 'Sanyue Huang' was used as the experimental material, and the garlic cloves were treated at 6 ℃ and stored at room temperature as the control before sowing to observe the rooting, seedling emergence of the garlic cloves and plant characteristics, and compare the yield of the garlic sprouts, garlic bolts and garlic heads. The results showed that the dormancy of garlic cloves could be released early by low temperature treatment, and the early rooting and seedling growth of garlic were promoted, and the larger the garlic cloves, the better the effect, in which emergence rate was the highest of the large-size garlic cloves, reaching 92.4%, followed by the medium-size garlic cloves with 84.93%. The length and thickness of the false stem of garlic plants were signifi cantly increased by low temperature treatment, and the weight of each plant, namely the yield of garlic was improved, and the larger the garlic cloves were, the better the yield would be.Compared with the control, the yield of garlic sprouts in the plot of large-size clove and medium-size clove
with the low temperature treatment extremely and signifi cantly increased by 46.28% and 35.95%, respectively,
meanwhile the yield of garlic sprouts in small-size clove plot increased by 10.53% with a signifi cant difference.
The yield of garlic bolts and garlic heads treated with low temperature were signifi cantly lower than those of
control, and the secondary growth was serious, although the number of garlic cloves of each garlic head was
large, but the weight of single clove was low, and the quality of the commodity was poor. Therefore, the low
temperature treatment of garlic seeds before sowing could be used for the production of garlic sprouts, so as to
achieve earlier harvest and increase yield of garlic sprouts, but could not be used for the production of garlic
bolts and garlic heads. |