Instrumental and sensory analyses of quality attributes of grafted specialty melons

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2989-2995

  Guan, Wenjing ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a   Sims, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance testing; Cucumis melo L; Firmness; Hedonic; Rootstock; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CUCUMIS; CUCURBITACEAE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; GENETICS; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSKMELON; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUASH; STANDARDS; TASTE;

AGRICULTURE; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; HARDNESS; HUMANS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE;

EID: 84942989128     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7050     Document Type: Article

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