Claim · model-written summary
The combination of hot water dip and polyethylene carton liner maintained high quality marketable muskmelon fruit for at least 30 days of cold storage
- Taxon
- muskmelon
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Cucumis meloe1 - Material
- Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivarse1
- Treatment
- combination of hot water dip and polyethylene carton linere4
- Outcome
- high quality marketable fruite4
- Direction
- maintainede4
- Value
- at least 30 dayse4
- Qualifier
- cold storage at 2-4°Ce4
- Setting
- Californiae1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars”
e4“The combination of hot water dip and polyethylene carton liner maintained high quality marketable fruit for at least 30 days of cold storage at 2-4°C”
Title
K.S. Mayberry; T.K. Hartz; M. Cantwell HortScience 1990. doi:10.21273/hortsci.25.9.1091f
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Polyethylene bags minimized water loss of muskmelon fruit
- Intervention effect Polyethylene bags reduced softening of muskmelon fruit
- Intervention effect A three minute dip in 58-60°C water checked surface mold and decay of muskmelon
- Recommendation The technique would require only modest changes in commercial handling practices of muskmelon
- Observation Commercial use of the technique could stimulate export of California muskmelons to Pacific Rim countries