Details for: PI 179261, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 'Kitheh'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Kitheh'
Origin:
Collected – Syria
Received by NPGS:
04 Apr 1949
PI Assigned:
1949
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Kitheh'
Origin:
Collected – Syria
Received by NPGS:
04 Apr 1949
PI Assigned:
1949
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
18 October 1948.
Syria
Locality: Damascus, Syria
Comment: Market
Collector(s):
Donated
April 1949.
Maryland, United States

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

9752
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Fruit strongly ridged.
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.94PI 179261 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASEBACTERIA WILTResistance 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
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW (PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS)9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not 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 FLESH5 - INSIPID S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS1 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR2 - ORANGE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS15 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS76 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE5 - ELONGATE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE2 - FURROWED S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
NEMATODEROOT KNOT NEMATODEResistance 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
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASEFRUIT - Image of fruit. CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUITPI 179261 87ncso01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION1 - EARLY (70 DAYS OR LESS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.98 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 179261 92ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.17 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 179261 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.41 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 179261 87ncso01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.81 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 179261 04ncai01 SDNot Available