Watermelons grown in sandy soil are rich trace elements, particularly selenium, and therefore also known as selenium-rich sand watermelons. However, continuous watermelon cultivation the same field decreases fertility degrades ecosystem, ultimately resulting low-quality Introducing different crops into crop pattern could alleviate problems posed by cropping. A experiment was conducted to explor...

Changes of physico-chemical properties such as size, weight, moisture content, total soluble solid (TSS), colour, pH, total acidity and sugar content of red seedless watermelon during storage at room temperature (± 28oC; 70-80% RH) were investigated. The average weight, diameter and length of red seedless watermelon were 5.94 kg, 22.0 cm and 21.8 cm respectively. The length to diameter ratio wa...

Historically, the United States has positioned itself as one of leading producers and consumers melons in world with a 2020 production value over $295 million (excluding watermelons). It been estimated that on average per capita consumption U.S. is about 24 pounds each year [1]. Increased consumer awareness healthy diets, sensory attributes melons, enhanced year-round availability, marketing te...

vibration generated by vehicles during road transport has an important effect on the agricultural products damage process, particularly vegetable and fruit. modulus of elasticity is one of the most important mechanical properties of fruits and its variation can be described as one of the damage criteria during transportation. this research was conducted to evaluate the effects of vibration para...