Maturation studies of pecan nuts grown in Queensland

Title: Maturation studies of pecan nuts grown in Queensland
Creator: Wansri, R.; Mason, Richard; Wakeling, Lara; Nottingham, S. M.
Date: 2001
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/57317
Identifier: vital:926
Identifier: ISSN:1032-5298
Abstract: Changes in chemical composition, physical and sensory characteristics were followed in two pecan cultivars Wichita and Western Schley harvested from a commercial orchard at Gatton in Queensland seven times during 1996. Testa colour of both pecan cultivars darkened and opalescence decreased as the nuts matured. Bitterness of Western Schley pecans decreased with maturity. Colour of shuck, shell and kernel of both cultivars developed as the nuts matured. Wichita pecans were larger than Western Schley at all harvest times. Both nut-in-shell and kernel moisture decreased with maturity, whereas oil and sucrose contents increased. Both pecan cultivars had reached advanced maturation by the first harvest on March 18.
Publisher: Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Inc.
Relation: Food Australia Vol. 53, no. 12 (2001), p. 562-567
Rights: Copyright Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Inc.
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 0908 Food Sciences; Pecan; Maturation; Queensland; Cultivation
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