Storage Technology of Garlic

Garlic, alias garlic and Hu garlic, is a cultivated species of bulb composed of scale buds in the genus Allium of Liliaceae. Garlic originated in southern Europe and Central Asia. It was first cultivated in ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and other Mediterranean coastal countries. At that time, it was only used as medicine. In 113 BC, Zhang Qian was introduced into Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province, China from the Western region, and then spread all over the country. It spread to Japan in the 9th century, spread to Africa and South America in the early 16th century, and began to be cultivated in North America in the late 18th century.

Garlic has high nutritional value, unique flavor, sticky and spicy tulips, shaped like pearl white jade, can be eaten raw, mixed and fried, and is one of the main condiments. Garlic can also be processed into a variety of food, such as garlic powder, garlic slices, garlic oil, garlic sauce, can also be processed into Sweet Garlic, vinegar garlic, salt garlic and so on. Garlic contains precious allicin and garlic oil, the development value of deep processing is very great, and the prospect is very promising.

Garlic has been a medicinal and healthy vegetable since ancient times. Naturalists in ancient Rome believed that garlic could cure 61 different diseases. The Compendium of Materia Medica (Compendium of Materia Medica), a famous work in ancient Chinese Pharmacopoeia, holds that garlic has a pungent taste, a warm sex, entering the lungs and stomach meridians. It has the functions of warming spleen and invigorating stomach, promoting appetite, helping digestion, relieving cough and hemostasis, promoting qi accumulation, detoxifying and killing insects, etc. According to research, garlic can also treat obesity, high blood pressure, prevent thrombotic diseases and so on. The incidence of gastric cancer in Cangshan County, one of the main producing areas of garlic in China, is very low, which also proves that garlic can fight cancer, resist radiation hazards and enhance human immunity.

China is the main producer of garlic, with an annual planting area of more than 2 million mu, with wide regional distribution, many varieties and good quality. the output accounts for about 1% of the world output, and the export volume is about 300000 tons. exported to the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea, Russia and Southeast Asia and other regions. With China's entry into WTO, garlic, as a traditional export vegetable variety, is expected to usher in more export business opportunities.