It is generally accepted that the flavor quality of many fruits has significantly declined over
recent decades. While some of this decline can be linked to selection for certain traits, such …

Fruits represent an important part of the human diet and show extensive variation in size and
shape between and within cultivated species. The genetic basis of such variation has been …

Domestication and improvement are two important stages in crop evolution. Melon (Cucumis
melo L.) is an important vegetable crop with wide phenotypic diversity in many horticultural …

Although it is known that fruit products are rich sources of natural bioactive compounds,
information on the nutritional value of their waste parts is scarce. The objective was to …

A near-isogenic line (NIL) SC3-5 and a further nine NILs of melon contained introgressions
of an exotic non-climacteric accession of Cucumis melo 'Shongwan Charmi'[SC (PI 161375) …

Commercial regulation of ripening is currently achieved through early harvest, by controlling
the postharvest storage atmosphere and genetic selection for slow or late ripening varieties …

Melon fruit properties are extremely different within the species and texture is one of the
quality features that most influences its acceptance. The aim of this study was the …

Different factors affect the quality of melon fruit and among them long shelf life is critical from
the consumer's point of view. In melon, cultivars showing both climacteric and non …

A set of 59 spring barley introgression lines (ILs) was developed from the advanced
backcross population S42. The ILs were generated by three rounds of backcrossing, two to …

This chapter focuses on the genetic variation of Indian melons for resistance to fungal,
bacterial and viral diseases, nematode and insect pests and tolerance to soil salinity …