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Details for: PI 124449,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, Kharbuza
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Jun 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
131
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Rajasthan, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Jun 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
24 April 1937.
Rajasthan, India
Comment:
From Ajmer, Rajputana (Rajasthan) State.
Collector(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Donated
07 June 1937.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kharbuza
Type: Local name
2810
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
A local mixture.
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
melon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
melone
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
meron
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish
melon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
tian gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
chamoe
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
Name
References
Annotations
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Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
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
McCreight, J. D.
1992.
Preliminary Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 15:59-61.
Note:
Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
151
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89
PI 124449 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
1 - ROUND
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SURFACE
CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE
2 - FURROWED
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
NEMATODE
ROOT KNOT NEMATODE
Resistance to Root Knot Nematode (Caused by Cotton Root Nematode - Meloidogyne incognita acrita). Data supplied by G. Fassuliotis & G. Rau, U.S. Veg. Lab, Charleston, SC.
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION
8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS)
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.44
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 124449 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.44
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 124449 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available