May 5, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Two new studies in the journal Nutrients suggest that watermelon consumption can increase nutrient intake and overall diet quality in both children and...

Aug 1, 2022 by News Staff

Iconographic evidence from Egypt suggests that watermelon pulp was consumed there as a dessert as early as 4,360 years ago. The oldest known watermelon...

Jun 9, 2022 by News Staff

Consumption of polyphenol- and nitrate-rich foods, such as the beetroot, the bright-red veggie more often found in the Ukrainian borsch than a breakfast...

Jan 26, 2022 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the Illinois Institute of Technology has reviewed the preclinical and clinical...

May 25, 2021 by News Staff

Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genome of the Kordofan melon (Citrullus lanatus subsp. cordophanus), a Sudanese form of melon with nonbitter...

Nov 28, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of geneticists has completed the genomic sequence of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus. Watermelon is one of the most important fruits...