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Physicochemical characterization of hybrid honey dew muskmelon fruit (Cucumis melo L. var. inodorus Naud.) following maturation, abscission, and postharvest storage.

Lester, G.;

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science Year: 1998 Vol: 123 Issue: 1 Pages: 126-129 Ref: 29 ref.

1998

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Physicochemical characterization of hybrid honey dew muskmelon fruit (Cucumis melo L. var. inodorus Naud.) following maturation, abscission, and postharvest storage.

Hybrid honey dew muskmelon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus cv. Honey Brew) fruit physiological maturity, the period of maximized or greatest compositional changes, occurred by 40 days after anthesis (DAA). Fruit maturity was determined by major changes in quality attributes, i.e., glucose, fructose, sucrose, moisture content, firmness, mass, volume and hypodermal-mesocarp plasma membrane specific H+-ATPase [adenosinetriphosphatase] activity. Fruit ripening occurred by 50 DAA, as determined by additional changes in the quality attributes, and by fruit abscission at 50 DAA. Fruit senescence began with decreases in almost all quality attributes, H+-ATPase activity, protein content, by the largest increase in the total free sterol:total phospholipid (FS:PL) ratio, and in hypodermal-mesocarp lipoxygenase activity. It is suggested that physicochemical profiles of hybrid honey dew muskmelon fruits during growth and maturation could prove useful to schedule commercial harvest of mature fruits.