Cultivar differences in New Zealand "Kabocha" (buttercup squash, Cucurbita maxima)

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-208

  Cumarasamy, R ^a   Corrigan, V ^a   Hurst, P ^a   Bendall, M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buttercup squash; Colour; Cucurbita maxima; Dry matter; Flavour; Kabocha; Sensory; Starch; Sugars; Sweetness; Texture; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FRUIT;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0036768151     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2002.9514215     Document Type: Article

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