Texture and the cell wall polysaccharides of buttercup squash ‘Delica’ (Cucurbita maxima)

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-143

  Ratnayake, R M Sunil ^a,c   Hurst, Paul L ^b   Melton, Laurence D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buttercup squash; Cell wall; Cell wall polysaccharides; Cucurbita maxima; Fruit firmness; Postharvest; Texture

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; COOKING; EXTRACTION; HARDNESS; HEMICELLULOSE; PENETROMETRY; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION; STORAGE; TEXTURE;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 0345426275     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1999.9514089     Document Type: Article

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