Details for: PI 125865, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 'Zermitin'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Cultivar:

'Zermitin'

Origin:

Collected – Kunduz, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 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:

133
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Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Cultivar:

'Zermitin'

Origin:

Collected – Kunduz, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 1937

PI Assigned:

1937

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

04 July 1937.
Kunduz, Afghanistan
Elevation: 366m.
Comment: From Khundus.
Collector(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Donated

08 December 1937.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Zermitin'

Type: Cultivar name

3096

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Fruit subglobose, 8 inches long, yellow, obscurely netted with islands of green; flesh 2 1/2 inches thick, salmon-colored, sweet.

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	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.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	DOWNY MILDEW	RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS	9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY	MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94	PI 125865 89ncai01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	BACTERIA WILT	Resistance to Bacterial Wilt (Caused by Erwinia tracheiphila). Data supplied by J. Walker, Univ. Wisc., who tested rxs to an isolate supplied by D. Dezeeuw, Mich State.	9 - SUSCEPTIBLE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
DISEASE	STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)	9 - SUSCEPTIBLE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	MATURE FLESH COLOR	4 - SALMON	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH TASTE	TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH	1 - SWEET	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH THICKNESS	FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS	3	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	1 - YELLOW	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	13	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	13	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	1 - ROUND	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	1 - SMOOTH	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	1 - EARLY (70 DAYS OR LESS)	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	4.21	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 125865 89ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	4.8	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 125865 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available