Details for: PI 127577, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 4266


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
4266
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 127577 07ncab01 SD
 
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
4266
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
November 1937.
Afghanistan
Elevation: 457m.
Comment: Collected November 21-25, 1937 From Andkhin
Collector(s):
Donated
February 1938.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
4266
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Fruit oval, 16 by 8 inches, yellow, deeply furrowed, finely and closely sprinkled with green; flesh 3 inches thick, white, delicious. Though harvested 6 or 8 weeks ago, this melon is still fresh. One of the best quality and the best keepers so far seen.
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 CUBENSIS9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89PI 127577 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASESTEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORMATURE FLESH COLOR5 - WHITE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH TASTETASTE OF FRUIT FLESH1 - SWEET S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR3 - GREEN S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS32 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE4 - OBLONG S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE6 - WRINKLED S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASEFRUIT - Image of fruit. CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUITPI 127577 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE2IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASEFRUIT - Image of fruit. CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUITPI 127577 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.46 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 05ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.77 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 93ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.15 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.44 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 04ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.461 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 07ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.18 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 127577 06ncai01 SDNot Available