The experiment was conducted during 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 successive storage seasons. A combination of two local cultivars of garlic namely, Assiut and El-Minia were arranged in a randomized complete block design (CRBD) with 4 replicates. This work aimed to study the effect of storage methods (packaging including storage in news paper and polyethylene bags, Basal stem removing, heat and Edible coating treatments (Agar, Agar+Gellan, Agar+Chitosan, Gellan and Chitosan) on some garlic physical and chemical properties. It could be concluded that garlic physical and chemical properties of stored garlic bulbs significantly influenced by the storage methods. Keeping it in Polyethylene bags gave the highest weight losses while wrapping in newspaper gave the minimum weight losses (%) and empty cloves (%). Protein and flavonoid significantly increased while carbohydrate (%) significantly decreased in comparison to fresh and control treatment as a results of storage treatments.

to evaluate eleven Egyptian garlic genotype selections collected from different areas of Egypt under Assiut condition.The results show significant differences among these genotypes for most of the studied characters. To meet the requirement of garlic production with good quality characteristics under Assiut growing condition, selections 5(El-Behera), 6(El-Gharbia) and 8(El-Minia) were very promising genotypes.Phenotypic coefficients correlations between all possible pairs of the studied characters of the Egyptian garlic genotype selections were estimated. Direct selection for yield improvement may be not possible, but may be feasible through indirect selection of other secondary traits, there for estimation of correlation well be helpful for the breeder Introduction:Allium sativum is a diploid species (2n=2x=16). Garlic cultivation is historically dated back