Angela R. Davis and Wayne W. Fish Wes Watkins Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 159, Lane, OK 74555 Amnon Levi United States Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 2700 Savannah highway, Charleston, SC 29414 Stephen King Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843 Todd Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina […]
Angela R. Davis
Green-Fleshed Watermelon Contains Chlorophyll
Many popular and technical reports on watermelon flesh colors ignore green, an uncommon color. The earliest report of this color mutant that we were able to find dates back more than one hundred years. In this report, inheritance of pink-fleshed vs. green-fleshed genes in watermelon was explored and resulted in fruit intermediate in character, the […]
A Rapid Spectrophotometric Method to Determine β-Carotene Content in Cucumis melo germplasm
β-carotene is a carotenoid that has antioxidant properties, is a precursor of Vitamin A, and imparts the orange color in some fruits and vegetables. This compound is the major carotenoid in cantaloupe. Because of its health benefits, the β-carotene content in fruits is of interest to the food industry and to melon breeders. Current methods […]