Pre- and Postharvest Muskmelon Fruit Cracking: Causes and Potential Remedies Academic Article

abstract

• Fruit cracking is an important disorder that can cause severe loss of marketable yield and revenue in the muskmelon (Cucumis melo) fruit industry. The physiological and environmental factors causing cracking are poorly understood. Although generally considered a physiological disorder caused by fluctuating environmental conditions, current evidence indicates that this disorder also has a genetic as well as a genotype environment component. Certain cultivars are more susceptible than others, but wide fluctuations in irrigation, temperature, and nutrition during late fruit maturation stages appear to predispose fruit to cracking. This article summarizes the current state of our understanding of the causes of fruit splitting in muskmelons.

authors

• Jifon, John

published proceedings

• HORTTECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo, J., Lester, G. E., Dos-Santos, N., Antonio Martinez, J., Esteva, J., Jifon, J. L., & Varo, P.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo, Juan||Lester, Gene E||Dos-Santos, Noelia||Antonio Martinez, Juan||Esteva, Juan||Jifon, John L||Varo, Placido

publication date

• June 2013

publisher

• American Society For Horticultural Science  Publisher

published in

• HortTechnology  Journal

keywords

• Cucumis Melo
• Environmental Factors
• Fruit Quality
• Fruit Splitting
• Near-isogenic Lines
• Netting
• Physiological Disorder

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.21273/HORTTECH.23.3.266

start page

• 266

end page

• 275

volume

• 23

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.23.3.266