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Farmers in Bhavnagar use onions to ripen and preserve mangoes. Brief Farmers in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat found a method wherein onions were effectively used as a curing and preservation agent for mangoes. They collect the unripened mangoes and store them in an ordinary room for ripening as well as for preservation The farmers purchase used empty tea crates, in which they place approximately 200 kilograms unripe mangoes per box, along with eight to ten bulbs of onion, which are spread randomly inside the box. Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves are then layered at the top of the box.According to Sukhdersingh Gohel, the farmers using this method found that the onions helped in uniform ripening of the mangoes, while the bitter smell of the neem leaves protects them from insects and other pests during storage. The farmers purchase used empty tea crates, in which they place approximately 200 kilograms unripe mangoes per box, along with eight to ten bulbs of onion, which are spread randomly inside the box. Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves are then layered at the top of the box. The farmers using this method found that the onions helped in uniform ripening of the mangoes, while the bitter smell of the neem leaves protects them from insects and other pests during storage .Caution The onions help in uniform ripening of the mangoes, while the bitter smell of the neem leaves protects them from insects and other pests during storage .

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Sukhdersingh Gohel
Agro-Ecological Zone: Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1)
Address: Bhavnagar
District: Ahmedabad
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 364001

Crop: Mangoes
Crop Family: Anacardiaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Mangifera indica)
Crop Vernacular Name: aam
Ingredients: The farmers purchase used empty tea crates, in which they place approximately 200 kilograms unripe mangoes per box, along with eight to ten bulbs of onion, which are spread randomly inside the box. Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves are then layered at the top of the box. The farmers using this method found that the onions helped in uniform ripening of the mangoes, while the bitter smell of the neem leaves protects them from insects and other pests during storage .

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