Changes in Lipid Peroxidation and antioxidant Status in Ripening Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Fruit

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:24-27 (article 10) 1999 Patrick J. Conner and Timothy J. Ng Dept. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4452 USA Introduction Mature melons become soft and dehydrated, even when storied in cool humid conditions. the short time inwhich fruits must be harvested, sold and consumed is a serious […]

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Ethylene Production in Ripening Fruits of Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis, C. melo var. inodorsus, and Their Hybrids

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:31-32 (article11) 1998 Bin Wang and Timothy J. Ng Dept. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4452 USA Introduction. Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a polymorphic species with regard to fruit characteristics, exhibiting diversity for shape, external and internal color, surface netting, sweetness, flavor, ripening pattern and storability. […]

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Field Screening of melon cultigens for multiple race resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:55 (article 20) 1991 Timothy J. Ng and J.C. Kantzes Department of Horticulture and Botany, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA Fusarium wilt is one of the primary diseases limiting melon production in the mid-Atlantic regionsof the U.S. Although multiple races of fusarium wilt have traditionally existed in Euripe, […]

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Flesh Calcium Content of Group Inodorus and Group Reticulatus Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Fruits

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:53-54 (article 23) 1989 Timothy J. Ng and Vermal Carr University of Maryland, Department of Horticulture, College Park, MD 20742-5611 Honeydew and casaba (group Inodorus) muskmelons tend to have extended storage lives when compared to netted (group Reticulatus) muskmelons (5). Decline in storage is usually manifested by flesh softening and breakdown, […]

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