Details for: PI 614556, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, KSM 591


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
KSM 591
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
Received by NPGS:
03 Apr 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed50 countPI 614556 95ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
KSM 591
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
Received by NPGS:
03 Apr 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
05 November 1992.
Madhya Pradesh, India
Locality: Near Dhar, Dhar District.
Coordinates: 22.6000, 75.3000 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description: During the rainy season.
Comment: Collected from seed dealer. Site: 102. Latitude and longitude accurate to Dhar.
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
KSM 591
Type: Collector identifier
INDO-USAID joint explor./coll. of Cucumis, 1992.

Ames 20967
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

JDM1092
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
18 x 6-8 inches; quite sweet; yellow skin at maturity.
Cucumis melo L. subspp. melo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12564
Verified:
02/06/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo L. (151 active accession[s])
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 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)
Bryonia collosa Rottler
Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
GermanMelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianmelone  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajimeron  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedishmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesetian gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanchamoe  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 04 May 1993, from Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. momordica (Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller to Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
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Citations
  • Akashi, Y., N. Fukuda, T. Wako, M. Masuda, & K. Kato. 2002. Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships in East and South Asian melons, Cucumis melo L., based on the analysis of five isozymes. Euphytica 125:385-396. DOI: 10.1023/A:1016086206423. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding Number of accessions cited: 65
  • Tanaka, K., A. Nishitani, Y. Akashi, Y. Sakata, H. Yoshino, & K. Kato. 2007. Molecular characterization of South and East Asian melon, Cucumis melo L., and the origin of Group Conomon var. makuwa and var. conomon revealed by RAPD analysis . Euphytica 153:233-247. DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-9259-4. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding Number of accessions cited: 44
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.98PI 614556 95ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.54 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614556 93ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.58 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 614556 95ncai01 SD