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Details for: PI 214154,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, 'Velerika'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Velerika'
Origin:
Collected – Karnataka, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
16 Mar 1954
PI Assigned:
1954
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
162
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 214154 01ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'Velerika'
Origin:
Collected – Karnataka, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
16 Mar 1954
PI Assigned:
1954
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
28 January 1954.
Karnataka, India
Locality:
Talipernamba marker, Malabar Coast.
Collector(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Donated
16 March 1954.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Velerika'
Type: Cultivar name
13533
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Talipernamba market. Small elliptic, green and yellow brindled melon with thick white flesh to center; edible but never sweet.
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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Pathogens
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Citations
Hassan, A. A., H.H. Al-Masri, U.A. Obaji, M.S. Wafi, N.E. Quronfilah, & M.A. Al-Rays.
1991.
Screening of Domestic and Wild
Cucumis melo
Germplasm for Resistance to the Yellow-Stunting Disorder in the United Arab Emirates
. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:56-58.
Note:
Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
25
McCreight, J. D.
1993.
Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance: 1992.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 16:49-52.
Note:
Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
125
Wechter, W. P., A., Levi, K. Ling, C. Kousik, C. Block.
2011. Identification of Resistance to
Acidovorax avenae
subsp.
citrulli
among Melon (
Cucumis
spp.) Plant Introductions. HortScience 46(2):207-212.
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI.46.2.207
.
Number of accessions cited:
327
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
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89
PI 214154 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 214154 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.14
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 214154 01ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.61
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 214154 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.61
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 214154 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available