Details for: PI 614373, Cucumis melo L., USM 246


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Top Name:
USM 246
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
Received by NPGS:
03 Apr 1993
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed50 countPI 614373 96ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Top Name:
USM 246
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
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: Near Nauri Ki Dhandi, Chomun, Sikar District.
Coordinates: 27.1667, 75.7167 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description: Farm during the rainy season.
Comment: Site: 028. Latitude and longitude accurate to Chomun.
Collector(s):
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):
Accession Names and Identifiers
USM 246
Type: Collector identifier
INDO-USAID joint explor./coll. of Cucumis, 1992.

Ames 20656
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

JDM1092
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Close to var. flexuosus, but less furrowed, smoother skin, and mottled skin color. High yielding; dark green skin, approx. length 15 inches (40 cm). Landrace=005.
Cucumis melo L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

404410
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
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)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishHami melon  1Aierken, 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.
Englishmelon  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
GermanMelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 29 May 1997, from Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus to Cucumis melo L.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS3 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY) MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.98PI 614373 96ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.54 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614373 93ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.87 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614373 93ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.13 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614373 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.14 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614373 96ncab01 SD