Sensory and objective evaluation of postharvest fruit softening and its relationship with pectin solubility in eight commercial cultivars of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naud.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Hirai, Goh ^a,d   Komiyama, Seiichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsuko ^b   Yamamoto, Aiko ^b   Masuda, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a Hokkaido Nuclear Energy Environmental Research Center   (Japan)

^b Tenshi College   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hokkaido Ornamental Plants and Vegetables Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruit softening; Hardness; Texture analyzer; Water soluble pectin

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 34548023933     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.76.237     Document Type: Article

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