Starch Degradation in Buttercup Squash (Cucurbita maxima)
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Morphological, Thermal and Physicochemical Properties of Starches from Squash (Cucurbita maxima) and Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-1062,2327-9788
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.6.587