A new strategy to protect Katsura-uri (Japan's heirloom pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon) from extinction

A new strategy to protect Katsura-uri (Japan's heirloom pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon) from extinction

Background: Katsura-uri (Cucumis melo var. conomon), an heirloom vegetable cultivated in Kyoto, Japan is at the risk of extinction. Japanese food culture has traditionally used immature and midripened fruit in the preparation of pickles, the consumer demand of which has markedly decreased. A new str...

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Main Authors: Azusa Sasaki, Yasushi Nakamura, Yukiko Kobayashi, Wataru Aoi, Takako Nakamura, Koji Shirota, Noboru Suetome, Michiaki Fukui, Tomoaki Shigeta, Tomoaki Matsuo, Shigehisa Okamoto, Eun Young Park, Kenji Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Ethnic Foods
Subjects:
Diabetes
Extinction
Heirloom vegetable
Low-calorie
Melon
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352618116301135

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