Better garlic is one that has higher yields in the fields. Over the last 10 years Gilroy Foods has been able to increase its yields by 25 percent. Gilroy Foods has done this by growing garlic that can mature at different times. Most of the garlic that is processed at Gilroy Foods is grown in Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, the Central Valley, Nevada and Oregon. Currently Max is working on cross-breeding a garlic that is immune to two diseases.
Plants also get yucky things that come from fungi.
This makes the garlic soft and it rots. Contin said to do this he must look at the different varieties of garlic. Once he finds the trait he is looking for he crosses those traits with the garlic that has the characteristics he wants. Contin said he is hoping he will be able to grow a garlic that is immune to those viruses. This process, he said, could take five to 10 years.