Melon (Cucumis melo L.) has high economic value and in recent years, its production has increased; however, part of the fruit is wasted. Usually, inedible parts such as peel and seeds are discarded during processing and consumption. Extracts of melon residues were prepared and their phenolic compounds, antioxidants and antiproliferative activities were evaluated. Total phenolic compounds were f...

Corrections to “Recipe development and preparations” Approximately 50 g of uncooked bitter melon per one cup (250 ml) of raw ingredients was added to each dish, except curry dish. The curry dish does not have any other ingredients besides bitter melon and therefore contained approximately 61 g of bitter melon per onehalf cup (125 ml). Each of the raw ingredients in these recipes (except the cur...

Both the functionalized and non functionalized carbon nanomaterials influence fruit and crop production in edible plants and vegetables. The fullerene, C60 and carbon nanotubes have been shown to increase the water retaining capacity, biomass and fruit yield in plants up to ~118% which is a remarkable achievement of nanotechnology in recent years. The fullerene treated bitter melon seeds also i...

weed's behaviors differ in a multiweed-crop competition system compare to a mono weed-crop competition system. the present investigation was carried out in mashhad, iran, to study the effect of weeds, which emerged naturally in a multi species community along side with melon, on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the crop during 2007. thirty five plots were selected randomly in a g...

The accumulation of toxic elements in vegetables and melons grown agriculture, Brassica rapa - turnip, Solanum lycopersicum tomato, Citrullus lanatus watermelon, Capsicum annuum bell pepper, Daucus carota carrots, Cucurbita pepo pumpkin, Cucumis melo melon, also Prunus armeniaca apricot from fruit trees were analyzed. excess maximum allowable concentrations agricultural crops the element As by ...

A rapid analysis ion-selective electrode (ISE) system for measurement of [NO3?] in nutrient solution (NS), soil (SS) and petiole sap (PS) was evaluated. For each material, there were 797–2010 samples from 5 to 6 different crops, 2 4 species. Accuracy evaluated by linear regression (LR) with laboratory (automated colorimetry, Cd reduction), relative error (RE), the average percentage deviation a...

A wide variety of microorganisms can contaminate food products. Due to low pH, fruits are mostly spoiled by fungi. The growth fungi on depends the characteristics and environmental factors. In this context, predictive microbiology is one option for studying designing strategies control microbial foods. Thus, aim work was develop a model predict spoilage acid contaminated Byssochlamys fulva spor...

Surveys of yellowing viruses in plastic tunnels and in open field crops of melon (Cucumis melo cultivar catalupo), oriental melon (C. melo cultivar oriental melon), and cucumber (C. sativus) were carried out in two melon-growing areas in 2014, Korea. Severe yellowing symptoms on older leaves of melon and chlorotic spots on younger leaves of melon were observed in the plastic tunnels. The sympto...

melon and musk melon are grown widely in warm and moderate climate regions of the world as well as iran. these crops are attacked by several fungal pathogens including macrophomina phaseolina which causes charcoal rot disease at different growth stages and reduces the yield remarkably. fungicide application and other control methods have not been successful in control of charcoal rot and utiliz...