Bacterial diversity of cantaloupes and soil from Arizona and California commercial fields at the point of harvest.

ABSTRACT: Across the United States, melons are a high demand crop reaching a net production of 2.7 million tons in 2020 with an economic value of $915 million dollars. The goal of this study was to characterize the bacterial diversity of cantaloupe rinds and soil from commercial melon fields at the point of harvest from two major production regions, Arizona, and California. Cantaloupes and composite soil samples were collected from three different commercial production fields, including Imperial Valley, CA, Central Valley, CA, and Yuma Valley, AZ, at the point of harvest over a three-month period, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was used to assess bacterial diversity and community structure. The Shannon Diversity Index showed higher diversity among soil compared to the cantaloupe rind regardle

SUBMITTER: Goforth M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426484 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature