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Details for: PI 600986,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, 'Marathon'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Marathon'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Non-Woody Vine
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
50 count
PI 600986 24ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Marathon'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Non-Woody Vine
Source History
Developed
Minnesota, United States
Developer(s):
Northrup, King & Company
Donated
May 1983.
Minnesota, United States
Donor(s):
Northrup, King & Company
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Marathon'
Type: Cultivar name
NV 900
Type: Developer identifier
Narrative
Breeder and Vendor: Northrup King. Characterisitics: long distance shipper, normal vine, fruit size 36-45; slightly oval, well netted with little or no suturing, thick flesh, small seed cavity. Resistance: some races of powdery mildew. Similar: Shipmaster, Topmark. 1979.
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
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Pedigree
Intellectual Property Rights
U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP
8200089
Variety: Marathon
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: MUSKMELON
Applicant: Novartis Seeds, Inc.
Date filed: 04/05/1982
Date issued: 04/28/1983
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 04/28/2001
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 600986 01ncfo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.78
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 600986 01ncfo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.83
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 600986 04ncai01 SD
Not Available