Cultivar and frozen storage effects on muskmelon (Cucumis melo) colour, texture and cell wall polysaccharide composition

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Simandjuntak, Valencius ^a   Barrett, Diane M ^b   Wrolstad, Ronald E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell wall polysaccharides; muskmelons; storage; texture

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0029785006     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199607)71:3<291::AID-JSFA577>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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