Pre- and Postharvest of vegetable crops

Two successive winter seasons of 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 were conducted under sandy soil conditions to study the effect of spraying with 12 commercial compounds on inflorescences diameter, flower stalk length, number of seed stem /plant, weight of 1000 seed, germination percentage, seed yield, moisture content, catalase, peroxidase activity and malondialdehyde content of onion seeds. The plants sprayed with union Zn, union Mn, union feer, shams k, elga 600, boron, and amino x had the highest vegetative growth parameter, germination percentage and enzyme activity. The plants sprayed with union Zn, union feer, shams K, Magnesium, caboron, hummer and amino X had the highest seed yield / feddan. This study showed that seeds germination percentage and enzyme activity, which was closely associated with longevity of seeds, could be enhanced significantly by improving storage conditions.