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Details for: PI 164323,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, 'Velleri'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Velleri'
Origin:
Collected – Tamil Nadu, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
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 164323 87ncsi51 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Velleri'
Origin:
Collected – Tamil Nadu, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
27 February 1948.
Tamil Nadu, India
Comment:
From Coimbatore, Madras
Collector(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Donated
30 April 1948.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Velleri'
Type: Cultivar name
8959
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Fruit subovoid, 6 by 4 inches, smooth, golden-russet with irregular stripes of yellow. Flesh 1 1/2 inches thick, white, rather spongy.
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
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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
Dhillon, N., A. Monforte, M. Pitrat, S. Pandey, P. Singh, K. Reitsma, J. Garcia-Mas, A. Sharma & J. McCreight.
2011. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 35:85-150
DOI:
10.1002/9781118100509.ch3.
.
Number of accessions cited:
44
Malik, A., V. Vashisht, K. Singh, A. Sharma, D. K. Singh, H. Singh, A. Monforte, K. McCreight, & P. S. Dhillon.
20014. Diversity among melon (
Cucumis melo
L.) landraces from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India and their genetic relationship with USA melon cultivars. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 61:1189-1208.
DOI:
10.1007/s10722-014-0101-x
.
Number of accessions cited:
6
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
Pitrat, M., C. Wipf-Scheibel, D. Besombes, C. Desbiez, & H. Lecoq.
2012. Resistance of melon to Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus (CVYV). In: Sari, N. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Xth Eucarpia meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucubitaceae, Antalya, Turkey, 15-18 October 2012 157-164.
Note:
Oral Presentations
Number of accessions cited:
1
Pitrat, M.
2008. Melon. In: Prohens, J. & F. Nuez, eds., Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables I 1:283-315.
Number of accessions cited:
16
Stepansky, A., I. Kovalski, & R. Perl-Treves.
1999. Intraspecific classification of melons (
Cucumis melo
L.) in view of their phenotypic and molecular variation. Pl. Syst. Evol. 217:313-332.
DOI:
10.1007/BF00984373
.
Number of accessions cited:
26
Swamy, K. R. M & P. Nath.
2020. Culinary Melon of South India. Int. J. Veg. Sci. 47:157-175.
DOI:
10.61180/vegsci.2020.v47.i2.01
.
Note:
Table 2.
Number of accessions cited:
11
Tanaka, K., A. Nishitani, Y. Akashi, Y. Sakata, H. Yoshino, & K. Kato.
2007. Molecular characterization of South and East Asian melon,
Cucumis melo
L., and the origin of Group Conomon var.
makuwa
and var.
conomon
revealed by RAPD analysis . Euphytica 153:233-247.
DOI:
10.1007/s10681-006-9259-4
.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Number of accessions cited:
44
Thomas, C. & E. Jourdain.
1992. Evaluation of Melon Germplasm for Resistance to Downy Mildew. HortScience 27(5):434-436.
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI.27.5.434
.
Number of accessions cited:
82
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
7 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY)
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89
PI 164323 87ncsi01 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
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW (PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
MACROSP BLIGHT
Resistance to Macrosporium Leaf Blight (believed Synonymous with Alternaria cucumerina).
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
POWDERY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)
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
5 - WHITE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH TASTE
TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH
9 - ACID
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH THICKNESS
FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS
4
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
23
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
4 - OBLONG
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
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.86
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 164323 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.86
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 164323 87ncsi51 SD