Discrimination of climacteric and non-climacteric melon fruit at harvest or at the senescence stage by quality traits

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1743-1753

  Obando Ulloa, Javier M ^a   Jowkar, Mohammad Mahdi ^b   Moreno, Eduard ^c   Souri, M Kazem ^d   Martínez, Juan A ^e   Bueso, María C ^a   Monforte, Antonio J ^c,f   Fernández Trujillo, J Pablo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e UPCT   (Spain)

^f Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit composition; Fruit over ripening; Near isogenic lines; Organic acids; Sugars; Texture

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 69249225579     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3651     Document Type: Article

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