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Details for: PI 162671,
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne, Forrajero
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne
Top Name:
Forrajero
Origin:
Collected – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maintained:
Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
156
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
25 count
PI 162671 16GI SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne
Top Name:
Forrajero
Origin:
Collected – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maintained:
Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Source History
Collected
01 January 1949.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Collector(s):
Diharce and Company.
Donated
February 1948.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Hartley, W., Division of Agriculture
Stephens, J.L., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Forrajero
Type: Unverified name
Narrative
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12597
Place of publication:
Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 Aug-Sep? (J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:151. 1786 Oct)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
andreana
(Naudin) Filov
(6 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
maxima
(91 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
great pumpkin
1
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English
pumpkin
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
red gourd
1
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English
squash
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
winter squash
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
German
Reisen-Kürbis
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
German
Speise-Kürbis
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
zucca
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese
kabocha
2
Cumarasamy, R. et al.
2002. Cultivar differences in New Zealand "Kabocha" (buttercup squash,
Cucurbita maxima
). New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 30:197-208.
DOI:
10.1080/01140671.2002.9514215
.
Spanish (Peru)
zapallo
2
Leiva González, S. et al.
2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Swedish
jättepumpa
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
sun gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)
halva kaddu
2
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Urdu (Pakistan)
mitha kaddu
2
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
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Pathogens
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Citations
Fassuliotis, G.
1971.
Susceptibility of Cucurbita spp. to the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita
. Pl. Dis. Reporter 55(8):666.
Note:
Table 1: Plant Introductions of Cucurbit spp. evaluated for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita. (Data provided by author, not published.)
Number of accessions cited:
486
Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek .
2023. Characterization of the USDA
Cucurbita pepo
,
C. moschata
, and
C. maxima
germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814.
DOI:
10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814
.
Note:
Supplementary material: Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
1661
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
WATERMELON MOSAIC
SUSCEPTABILITY TO MOSAIC (WATERMELON).
4 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUM
Maximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.
3
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUM
Maximum fruit length in centimeters.
35
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FLESH COLOR
Flesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
OR - ORANGE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SKIN TEXTURE
Texture of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
2 - RIBBED
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SKIN TEXTURE
Texture of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
4 - WARTY
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SHAPE
Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
GL - GLOBE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SURFACE COLOR
Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
OR - ORANGE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
GROWTH
MAXIMUM PLANT VIGOR
Maximum plant vigor.
1 - GOOD
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
GROWTH
MINIMUM PLANT VIGOR
Minimum plant vigor.
1 - GOOD
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HABIT
GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT
2 - VINE
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
GROWTH
UNIFORMITY
UNIFORMITY
8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT VIGOR
PLANT VIGOR
7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
INSECT
SQUASHBUG NYMPH
Number of squashbug nymph colonies per plant.
1.7
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
INSECT
SQUASHBUG ADULT
Number of squashbug adults per plant.
10.7
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
INSECT
CUCUMBER BEETLE INJURY
Cucumber beetle injury to cotyledon leaves before the true leaves appeared. No attempt was made to distinguish between the two beetle species: Spotted and Striped Cucumber Beetle.
2 - INTERMEDIATE DAMAGE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PLANT TYPE
Plant type.
V - VINE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
FLESH COLOR
4 - MEDIUM ORANGE
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH DEPTH
DEPTH OF FLESH IN CM.
2
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
COLOR OF THE FRUIT.
3 - ORANGE
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
DIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CM.
28
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
LENGTH OF FRUIT IN CM.
17
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT RIBBING
FRUIT RIBBING
3 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SPOTTING
FRUIT SPOTTING
6 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
DAYS TO POLLINATION
NUMBER OF DAYS FROM TRANSPLANTING IN FIELD TO DATE OF FIRST POLLINATION (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE).
42
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available
PRODUCTION
FRUIT SET
FRUIT SET
8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.78
Not Available