Postharvest change in compositional, visual and textural quality of grafted watermelon cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 934, Issue , 2012, Pages 985-992

  Kyriacou, M C ^a   Soteriou, G A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Firmness; Flesh color; Lycopene; Rind; Soluble solids; Storage

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84872201525     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2012.934.131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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