Effect of Logistics Materials and Cold Storage Type on Onion(Allium cepa L.) Storage

Agricultural mechanization is urgently required due to a shortage of labor and rising labor costs due to a decrease in population in rural areas. Ton bags or wire mesh pallets are used when harvesting onion machines, but there is a lack of research on how logistics materials such as ton bags or wire mesh pallets affect the quality of onions stored. Therefore, in this study, the quality change of onions contained in ton bags and wire mesh pallets was examined during storage in low-temperature and dehumidifying low-temperature storage. On day 190 of storage, the germination rate of onions stored using ton bags in cold storage was approximately 2.5 times higher than that of onions stored using wire mesh pallets and about 4 times higher than that of onions stored using wire mesh pallets in dehumidifying cold storage. On day 231, all onions stored were examined for decay, and the decay rates of onions in ton bags and wire mesh pallets stored in cold storage were 11.69%, 7.29%, respectively, and the decay rates of onions in wire mesh pallets stored in dehumidifying cold storage were 4.43%. As a result of the experiment, the quality of onions in the wire mesh pallet was better than that of onions in the existing ton bag, and it was more effective in maintaining the quality of onions when stored in a dehumidifying storage than when stored in a cold storage.