Sugar and organic acid variations in commercial cantaloupes and their inbred parents

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-536

  Beaulieu, J C ^a   Lea, J M ^a   Eggleston, G ^a   Peralta Inga, Z ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brix; Citric acid; Cucumis melo; Fructose; Genotype; Glucose; Malic acid; Oxalic acid; Soluble solids; Succinic acid; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0037532595     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.4.0531     Document Type: Article

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