STUDY THE EFFECT OF THE TYPE OF PACKAGING AND TREATMENT SODIUM HYPOCHLORIDE AND LICORICE EXTRACT IN PERCENTAGES OF WEIGHT LOSS AND TOTAL DAMAGE IN CLASS ONION TAXAS EARLY GRANO.

Abstract

 This study was carried out in plant diseases laboratory Diyala         agriculture directorate during season 2011 to evaluate licorice  extract and sodium hypochloride and uses different packages on qualitative characters on onion that storage in temperature 13-31C and humidity 52-75 %  The results of this study showed superior    treatments of AlFal + sodium hypo chloride and AlFal + licorice extract in reduces weight loss percent which reached 8.55 , 9.97 % respectively and reduces damage percent which reached 13.55 ,14.97 % respectively after (14) days from storage of onion and prolong storage  period of onion which reached 18 day