| identification of volatile compounds in cantaloupe at various developmental stages using solid phase microextraction. | using an automated rapid headspace solid phase microextraction (spme) method for volatile extraction in cantaloupes, 86 compounds already reported for muskmelons were recovered and an additional 53 compounds not previously reported were identified or tentatively identified. the spme method extracted a copious number of volatiles that can be analyzed to clearly differentiate between variety, growth stage, and stage of harvest ripeness. most of the newly reported compounds in cantaloupe were ester ... | 2001 | 11312862 |
| a hairy root culture of melon produces aroma compounds. | musk melon is the favorite fruit with a high market value in japan, and the fragrance is one of the major factors determining the fruit quality of melon. in this study, mutant melon hairy roots which had been induced by means of the t-dna insertion mutagenesis were found to produce volatile compounds with the fruity fragrance of mature melon. the volatile compounds were extracted and identified by glc-mass spectrometry. some essential oils such as (z)-3-hexenol, (e)-2-hexenal, 1-nonanol, and (z) ... | 2000 | 10775407 |
| role of ethylene and abscisic acid in physicochemical modifications during melon ripening. | hormonal metabolism associated with fruit ripening in two cantaloupe muskmelon cultivars, talma and manta, has been studied. the ethylene crisis began on day 33 after fruit set, reaching the maximum values of internal ethylene concentration and ethylene production rate on day 35 after fruit set. this was the optimum moment for consumption as shown by the higher content in soluble solids, ripening index, sensory analysis, and color parameter values. the b parameter and the b/a quotient values in ... | 1999 | 10606610 |
| expression of acc oxidase antisense gene inhibits ripening of cantaloupe melon fruits. | the plant hormone ethylene plays a major role in the ripening of climacteric fruit. we have generated transgenic cantaloupe charentais melons expressing an antisense acc oxidase gene; acc oxidase catalyzes the last step of ethylene biosynthesis. ethylene production of transgenic fruit was < 1% of control untransformed fruit, and the ripening process was blocked both on and off the vine. the antisense phenotype could be reversed by exogenous ethylene treatment. analysis of antisense acc oxidase m ... | 1996 | 9631011 |
| tolerance to a whitefly-transmitted virus causing muskmelon yellows disease in spain. | muskmelon yellowing disease was one of the most serious problems affecting muskmelon crops along the south-east coast of spain throughout the 1980s. the causal agent of this disease is a virus that we call muskmelon yellows virus (myv); myv is transmitted by the greenhouse whitefly trialeurodes vaporariorum westwood. it has proven impossible to find sources of resistance to myv within a wide collection of spanish muskmelon landraces and exotic varieties. however, 'nagata kin makuwa' and pi 16137 ... | 1992 | 24201359 |
| myrotoxins from a plant pathogenic isolate ofmyrothecium roridum. | an isolate ofm roridum (atcc 52485) which is a potent pathogen to muskmelon was shown to produce a series of macrocyclic trichothecenes, the myrotoxins, heretofore found to be produced only by an. isolate ofm roridum which is a pathogen to tomato. the fact that these two isolates are virulent pathogens and both produce the same potent mycotoxins suggests that these novel trichothecenes may play an important role in the pathogenicity of the fungi. | 1991 | 23605653 |
| a simple purification of indole-3-acetic acid and abscisic acid for gc-sim-ms analysis by microfiltration of aqueous samples through nylon. | a simple procedure was developed for the partial purification of plant tissue samples to be analyzed simultaneously for indole-3-acetic acid (iaa) and abscisic acid (aba). the procedure relies on removal of contaminants by filtration through nylon and partitioning into dichloromethane. this procedure successfully purified both iaa and aba from muskmelon, cotton, and broccoli tissue. twenty individual samples can be purified and methylated in 8 h for analysis of free iaa and aba with gas chromato ... | 1989 | 16666735 |
| effects of air quality on foliar injury, growth, yield, and quality of muskmelon. | an evaluation of the effects of ambient ozone (o3) on muskmelon was conducted with the use of open-top chambers (otcs). 'superstar' muskmelons grown in charcoal-filtered (cf) chambers compared to those grown in nonfiltered (nf) chambers showed significant differences in the severity of visible foliar o3 injury. furthermore, plants grown in nf conditions had significantly less (21.3%) marketable fruit weight and fewer (20.9%) marketable fruit number than those from cf chambers. no differences wer ... | 1988 | 15092549 |
| watermelon and ragweed share allergens. | a biotin-avidin amplified elisa was used to measure antigen-specific ige for ragweed, representative members of the gourd family (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, zucchini, and cucumber), and banana in the sera of 192 allergic patients, each with an ige greater than or equal to 180 microns/ml. sixty-three percent (120/192) of the sera contained antiragweed ige, and of these patients, 28% to 50% contained ige specific for any single gourd family member. in contrast, no greater than 11% of ... | 1987 | 3584742 |
| mitochondrial gene expression in cucurbitaceae: conserved and variable features. | we have examined mitochondrial dna (mtdna) sequence conservation, transcriptional patterns of mitochondrial genes, and mitochondrial translation products in four species of the plant family cucurbitaceae, in which there is a seven-fold range in mitochondrial genome size. a set of conserved mtdna sequences which we term "core" dna is present in all cucurbit genomes examined. in watermelon, only those mtdna restriction fragments which contain "core" dna hybridize with mtrna. similar numbers of pol ... | 1985 | 3870928 |
| the mitochondrial genome is large and variable in a family of plants (cucurbitaceae). | the genome sizes of mitochondrial dna from darkgrown (etiolated) shoots of several higher plants were determined by reassociation kinetics and restriction analysis. kinetic complexities obtained from reassociation kinetics measured spectrophotometrically indicate a mitochondrial genome size of 1600 md for muskmelon, 1000 md for cucumber, 560 md for zucchini squash and 220 md for watermelon (four species in the cucurbit family), as well as 240 md for pea and 320 md for corn. the kinetic curves al ... | 1981 | 6269758 |
| control of fusarium wilt of muskmelon and other effects of benomyl soil drenches. | | 1970 | 5471339 |
| experiments in biological and chemical control of fusarium wilt (f. oxysporum f. melonis (leach and currence) snyd. and hans.) of muskmelon. | | 1969 | 5344745 |
| increase in femaleness of three cucurbits by treatment with ethrel, an ethylene releasing compound. | the application of ethrel (2-chloroethane phosphonic acid), an ethylene-releasing compound, to monoecious cultivars of cucumber and squash and an andromonoecious cultivar of muskmelon, caused a shift towards femaleness in all three species. the increase in femaleness manifested itself in several symptoms: a decrease in the number of staminate (male) flowers, an increase in the number of pistillate (female) or hermaphrodite (perfect) flowers, and a change in flowering pattern, namely, formation o ... | 1969 | 24515743 |
| [a case of a muskmelon like corneal change due to the wearing of a contact lens]. | | 1969 | 5390928 |
| the effect of prewetting naturally infested soils on destruction of the muskmelon wilt fungus by formaldehyde. | | 1968 | 5689582 |
| influence of resistant and susceptible varieties of muskmelon on size of populations of the fusarium wilt fungus and wilt in naturally infested soils. | | 1966 | 5963326 |
| influence of carbohydrate and nitrogenous amendments to soil on incidence of muskmelon wilt and populations of the wilt fungus. | | 1965 | 5879509 |
| some relationship between plant nutrition, fungal populations, and incidence of fusarium wilt of muskmelon. | | 1965 | 14346135 |
| sex expression and growth in muskmelon. | | 1960 | 16655417 |
| genetic and chlorophyll studies of a yellow-green mutant in muskmelon. | | 1952 | 16654451 |
| effect of freezing and freezer storage on the ascorbic acid content of muskmelon, grapefruit sections, and strawberry purée. | | 2016 | 18150591 |
| a seed-borne virus of muskmelon. | | 1947 | 18895500 |
| refractive index as an estimate of quality between and within muskmelon fruits. | | 1941 | 16653723 |