Cucurbitaceae

Throughout the world there are a large range of fruit and vegetables being produced and supplied to consumers, these products have to meet harvesting standards to ensure good quality. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is part of the cucurbitaceae family, is also a short day plant and originated from India. In 2012 the world produced 65,134.08 million kilos, this was a new all time high. China produces 48,000 million kilos, this is 73% of the worlds production (Fresh Plaza, 2014). Cucumbers are generally

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derived from the Greek word for large melon which is pepon. The name was later changed to Pompon by the French. The English called it pumpion. The finally it was changed by American Colonist to what we know it now as pumpkin. Pumpkins fall into the Cucurbitaceae Family which include: squash, watermelon, cucumber, zucchini, gourds, and luffa. Although the exact date is unknown, researchers have dated pumpkins back to the time of

Salmonella-contaminated cucumbers connected to death in Texas A Texas woman has died as a result of consuming cucumber contaminated with the salmonella poona bacteria. Her death marks the second fatality associated with the tainted produce. The salmonella outbreak has resulted in 341 cases of infection across 30 states, including 18 in Texas. The cucumbers in question were distributed and sold in the United States from August 1, 2015 to September 3, 2015, by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce out

The Goodness of the Bitter Gourd Scientifically known as Momordica charantia, the Karela is a seasonal vegetable that is very popular all over India. Karela is the Sanskrit name for Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd, owing to its extremely bitter taste. In spite of being distasteful, the bitter gourd is full of goodness and so it is cooked in different forms in the Indian States. It is called Karelu in Gujarati, Korolla in Bengali, Kakara kayi in Telugu, Pavakkai in Tamil and Karali in Marathi. This

calories. Pumpkin is part of the Cucurbitaceae family that also include cucumber, squash, cantaloupe, etc. Pumpkins comes in a vary of shape, size and colors. The colors of pumpkins is depended on the poly-phenolic

LITRETURE REVIEW 2.1 Pumpkin 2.1.1 Overview of pumpkin Pumpkin is one of the economically important vegetable in the world which is native to North and Central America (Whitaker and Bemis, 1975). Pumpkin belongs to genus Cucurbita of family Cucurbitaceae, generally considered to consist of melons, cucurbits and pumpkins. (Toetia, 1992). There are three common species of pumpkin worldwide: Curcurbita pepo, Curcurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata (Whang et al, 1999). Each species consist of several

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foods or dietary fibres (Do et al. 2014). In the last few years, interesting in squash has increased considerably due to its nutritional properties and health benefits (Sánchez et al. 2017). Squash belongs to genus Cucurbita L. of the family Cucurbitaceae which also includes pumpkins. Squash is native to Americas where there is evidence of their culture more than 10000 years ago (Smith 1997; Rubatzky and Yamaguchi 1997). The three widely grown species, Cucurbita pepo L. (‘summer aquash’), Cucurbita

Summary Winter melon is the part of Cucurbitaceae family and is the most extensively harvested plant. It is also used in a number of cuisines around the globe. Stew, candies, soups, cakes, curries, stir fries, curries, juice and most importantly winter melon tea are some of the food items made with it. Winter Melon is a great companion to the weight loss journey as it is a low calorie vegetable therefore can be added to any diet plan of low calories. As per the research, winter melon has a number