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Details for: PI 614371,
Cucumis melo
L., USM 243
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L.
Top Name:
USM 243
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Apr 1993
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
50 count
PI 614371 94ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L.
Top Name:
USM 243
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Apr 1993
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
22 October 1992.
Rajasthan, India
Locality:
Radhakishanpur, near Narnaul, Sikar District.
Coordinates:
28.0500, 76.1000
(Map it)
Georeference protocol:
Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description:
During the rainy season.
Comment:
Collected from fruit. Site: 026. Latitude and longitude accurate to Narnaul.
Collector(s):
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Srivastava, Umesh, NBPGR
Staub, Jack E., USDA, ARS
Donated
03 April 1993.
California, United States
Comment:
Germplasm collected during the Indo-US Cucumis collection expedition in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, India, October and November, 1992.
Donor(s):
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
USM 243
Type: Collector identifier
INDO-USAID joint explor./coll. of Cucumis, 1992.
Ames 20654
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
JDM1092
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Landrace=003.
Cucumis melo
L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404410
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359032
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
(3056 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis melo
L. var.
acidulus
Naudin
Cucumis melo
L. var.
hibernus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
makuwa
Makino
Cucumis melo
L. var.
ameri
Gabaev
Cucumis melo
L. var.
duripulposus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
microspermus
Nakai ex Kitam.
Cucumis microspermus
Nakai
Cucumis melo
L. var.
aegyptiacus
(Sickenb.) Hassib
Cucumis dudaim
L. var.
aegyptiacus
Sickenb.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
pubescens
(Willd.) Kurz
Cucumis pubescens
Willd.
Cucumis moschatus
Gray
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Hami melon
1
Aierken, Y. et al.
2011. Molecular analysis of the genetic diversity of Chines Hami melon and its relationship to the melon germplasm from Central and South Asia. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80:52-65.
English
melon
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
29 May 1997, from
Cucumis sativus
L. var.
sativus
to
Cucumis melo
L.
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Citations
McCreight, J., J. Staub, A. Lopez-Sese, & Sang-Min Chung.
2004. Isozyme Variation in Indian and Chinese Melon (
Cucumis melo
L.) Germplasm Collections. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129(6):811-818.
DOI:
10.21273/JASHS.129.6.0811
.
Number of accessions cited:
143
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
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DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.98
PI 614371 94ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.74
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 614371 94ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.12
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 614371 93ncao01 SD
Not Available