storage

Treatments	Storage period (months)			Averagetreat.
Treatments	2	4	6	Averagetreat.
Crudefiber (%)
T₀	3.72 ± 0.68^g	3.43 ± 0.25^h	4.72 ± 0.46^b	3.96^B
T₁	4.06 ± 0.62^ef	4.24 ± 0.91^de	4.53 ± 0.18^c	4.28^A
T₂	3.07 ± 0.3¹ⁱ	3.91 ± 0.99^f	4.95 ± 0.78^a	3.98^B
T₃	3.06 ± 1.32ⁱ	4.47 ± 0.95^c	5.07 ± 0.60^a	4.20^A
T₄	3.68 ± 0.42^g	4.42 ± 0.95^cd	5.01 ± 0.72^a	4.37^A
Averagestorage	3.52^C	4.09^B	4.86^A
Ashcontent (%)
T₀	2.93 ± 0.14^g	3.77± 0.48^e	5.30± 0.42^ab	4.00^A
T₁	2.83 ± 0.37^g	3.94± 1.12^d	5.22± 0.42^b	3.89^B
T₂	2.94 ± 0.17^g	3.66± 0.19^f	4.99± 0.24^b	3.86^B
T₃	2.86 ± 0.41^g	4.00± 0.39^d	5.33± 0.29^a	4.06^A
T₄	2.91 ± 0.33^g	3.64± 0.16^f	5.08± 0.15^b	3.88^B
Averagestorage	2.89^C	3.80^B	5.18A^A
Carbohydrates (%)
T₀	24.72 ± 1.28^e	24.94 ± 1.25^d	20.17 ± 1.03^k	23.11^D
T₁	25.27 ± 1.19^c	24.57 ± 2.71^e	20.38 ± 1.14^j	23.41^C
T₂	28.00 ±0.50^a	24.70 ± 1.80^g	21.25 ± 1.56^h	24.65^B
T₃	27.90 ± 2.30^a	24.26 ± 2.23^f	20.92 ± 1.33ⁱ	24.36^B
T₄	28.10 ± 1.35^a	26.23 ± 2.11^b	21.98 ± 1.27^g	25.64^A
Averagestorage	26.80^A	24.94^B	20.94^C

Values are mean ± SD.
*Means in the same columns and rows bearing same superscript small letters are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05)
**Means in the same row with the same superscript capital letters are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).
***Means in the same column bearing different superscript capital letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.01).
T₀ = Control
T₁ = Ascorbic acid (0.5 mg/g)
T₂ = Citric acid (2 mg/g)
T₃ = Ascorbic acid (0.25 mg/g) and Citric acid (1 mg/g)
T₄ = Ascorbic acid (0.5 mg/g) and Citric acid (2 mg/g)

Table 4: Effect of chemical treatments and storage periods on fiber, ash and carbohydrate content of garlic paste.