Exempel på melon

• A monoculture of melon crops is maintained for 9 months of the year.

• Oranges and melons at the bottom of the image have been peeled, broken open or cut into slices.

• Similarly, melon beads and bronze pendants found inside military forts are usually considered to be associated with cavalry horses.

• Effective methods for decontaminating whole and cut melons have not been identified.

• We reviewed processes contributing to cantaloupe contamination, conditions affecting survival and growth of bacterial pathogens on melons, and potential methods for sanitization.

• Most commonly potatoes, sometimes carrots, beetroots, onions, garlic and marrows were cultivated in the allotments, and in the south melons and watermelons.

• However, melon accessions differ in their ability to germinate at low temperatures.

• Although the aim of post-harvest washing is largely to remove soil and clean the melons, it may also contribute to contamination.

• These observations point out the need to discard the entire melon when only a small area shows visual decay.

• The cropping pattern, mainly wheat, barley, and sugar beets, had changed little over the previous decades, except that the cultivation of melons had increased considerably.

• Two additional melon huts and a small, galvanised iron 'garden shed' were added later.

• After receiving reports of poor whitefly control on imidacloprid-treated melons, whitefly samples were shipped to our laboratory for evaluation.

• Treatment of melon flesh with food-safe sanitizers also does not eliminate bacteria.

• Generation means analysis of plant architectural traits and fruit yield in melon.

• Bacteriophages, gamma irradiation, and ultraviolet light treatment are possible alternatives to sanitizing melons but have not been sufficiently evaluated for their efficacy.