GarlicGarlic has been used for thousands of years as a food additive and medicine in China (Han 1993). The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, derived from gar (a spear) and lac (a plant), in reference to the shape of its leaves. It belongs to the Liliaceae family and the Allium genus, which has more than 600 species available. This family includes onions, shallots, leeks, Japanese onions, Chinese and common chives. Most Allium crops originate from the main center of Allium diversity which extends from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia (Meer et al. 1997. 1997). Garlic has also long been used throughout Europe, as a food additive and for various medicinal purposes, and has often been mentioned in folklore. There is a Mohammedan legend which says: "When Satan came out of the Garden of Eden after the fall of man, Garlic sprung up from the place where he placed his left foot, and Onion from where his left foot touched. right foot". In some parts of Europe there is a superstition that if a man running a race chews a piece of the bulb, it will prevent his competitors from overtaking him (Grieve 1995). However, garlic is very important in many cultures for their cuisine. What would Chinese or Italian cuisine be without garlic? And its long history of medicinal uses is now supported by numerous studies proving its antibacterial and healing powers. believes that garlic originated in western China, from the Tien Shan Mountains to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Vvedenskv proposed that garlic evolved from the wild species Allium longicuspus (Etoh et. Pank 1996, Al-Zahim et al 1997).The spread of garlic probably first occurred in the Old World and......amidst paper studies......tion in China. Preventive Medicine 22: 712-722. Mayo Clinic. 1999. Garlic. mayohealth.org/mayo/9802/htm/garlic.htm.Meer, QP, JL Botha and CR Galmarini. 1997. Old and new crops of edible Allium. Proceedings of the first international symposium on Edible Alliaceae. Acta Hortic, 433: 17-31. Orlowski, M., E. Rekowska and R. Dobromilska. 1994. The effect of garlic (Allium sativum L) yield in fall and spring planting using different seed stem pruning methods, Folia Hortic. 6:79-89. Pooler, MR and PW Simon. 1993. Characterization and classification of isozymes and morphological variation in a diverse collection of garlic clones. Euphytica 68: 121 130. Seno, S., GG Saliba, FJ de Paula and PS Koga. 1995. Use of phosphorus and farm manure in garlic cultivation. Brazilian horticulture 13:196-199.