Abstract
Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars (Cusumis melo L.). The use of .025 mm polyethylene bags, either as individual melon wraps or as liners for 18 kg commercial cartons, minimized water loss and associated softening of the fruit. A three minute dip in 58-60°C water effectively checked surface mold and decay. 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. This technique would require only modest changes in commercial handling practices, with minimal additional per carton cost. Commercial utilization of this technique could stimulate the export of California muskmelons to Pacific Rim countries.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene bags minimized water loss of muskmelon fruit
- Taxon
- muskmelon
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Cucumis meloe1 - Material
- Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivarse1
- Treatment
- polyethylene bagse2
- Outcome
- water losse2
- Direction
- minimizede2
- Setting
- Californiae1
Not reportedComparator
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”
e2“The use of .025 mm polyethylene bags, either as individual melon wraps or as liners for 18 kg commercial cartons, minimized water loss and associated softening of the fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene bags reduced softening of muskmelon fruit
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivarse1
- Treatment
- polyethylene bagse2
- Outcome
- softening of the fruite2
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede2
- Setting
- Californiae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars”
e2“The use of .025 mm polyethylene bags, either as individual melon wraps or as liners for 18 kg commercial cartons, minimized water loss and associated softening of the fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
A three minute dip in 58-60°C water checked surface mold and decay of muskmelon
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivarse1
- Treatment
- three minute dip in 58-60°C watere3
- Outcome
- surface mold and decaye3
- Direction
- checkede3
- Setting
- Californiae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars”
e3“A three minute dip in 58-60°C water effectively checked surface mold and decay”
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
- muskmelonCucumis 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
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
Claim · model-written summary
The technique would require only modest changes in commercial handling practices of muskmelon
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Outcome
- commercial handling practicese5
- Qualifier
- modest changese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars”
e5“This technique would require only modest changes in commercial handling practices, with minimal additional per carton cost”
Claim · model-written summary
Commercial use of the technique could stimulate export of California muskmelons to Pacific Rim countries
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Outcome
- export of California muskmelonse6
- Setting
- Pacific Rim countriese6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Trials were conducted in California to evaluate techniques to extend post-harvest life of Western shipper-type muskmelon cultivars”
e6“Commercial utilization of this technique could stimulate the export of California muskmelons to Pacific Rim countries”
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