Details for: PI 125901, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 'Karakus Arkani'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Karakus Arkani'
Origin:
Collected – Takhār, Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 125901 05ncab01 SD
 
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Karakus Arkani'
Origin:
Collected – Takhār, Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
29 August 1937.
Takhār, Afghanistan
Elevation: 610m.
Comment: From Tolokhan.
Collector(s):
Donated
08 December 1937.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Karakus Arkani'
Type: Cultivar name

3416
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Fruit ovoid, 13 by 7 1/2 inches, wrinkled and furrowed, yellow with lengthwise blotches of very dark green; flesh 2 1/2 inches thick, white, firm, sweet. Keeps well.
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.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS7 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY) MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89PI 125901 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASESTEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASEFRUIT - Image of fruit. CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUITPI 125901 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.45 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 125901 04ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.73 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 125901 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.47 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 125901 05ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.57 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 125901 03ncai01 SDNot Available