Details for: PI 234607, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Sweet Melon


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Sweet Melon
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
24 Sep 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Sweet Melon
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
24 Sep 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 24 September 1956.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Donated
24 September 1956.
Michigan, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Sweet Melon
Type: Unverified name

Narrative
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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Citations
  • Lebeda, A., B. Sedláková, E. Křístková, M. Vajdová, & J. McCreight. 2012. Application of a new approach for characterization and denomination of races of cucurbit powdery mildews–a case study of Czech pathogen populations. In: Sari, N. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Xth Eucarpia meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucubitaceae, Antalya, Turkey, 15-18 October 2012 172-180. Note: Oral Presentations Number of accessions cited: 15
  • Lebeda, A., E. Kristkova, B. Sedlakova, J. McCreight, & M. Coffey. 2016. Cucurbit powdery mildews: methodology for objective determination and denomination of races. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 144:399-410. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-015-0776-7. Number of accessions cited: 30
  • MacCarter, L. & D. Habeck. 1974. Melon Aphid Resistance in Cucumis Spp. Florida Entomol. 57(2):185-204. DOI: 10.2307/3493486. Number of accessions cited: 55
  • McCreight, J. D., H. Liu, & T. A. Turini. 2008. Genetic Resistance to Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus in Melon. HortScience 43(1):122-126. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.43.1.122. Number of accessions cited: 7
  • McCreight, J., M. Coffey, B. Sedlakova, & A. Lebeda. 2012. Cucurbit powdery mildew of melon incited by Podosphaera xanthii: Global and western U.S. perspectives . In: Sari, N. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Xth Eucarpia meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucubitaceae, Antalya, Turkey, 15-18 October 2012 181-189. Note: Oral Presentations Number of accessions cited: 8
  • McCreight, J. 2006. Melon-Powdery Mildew Interactions Reveal Variation in Melon Cultigens and Podosphaera xanthii Races 1 and 2. . J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 31(1):59-65. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS.131.1.59. Number of accessions cited: 7
  • Staub, J., V. Meglic & J. McCreight. 1998. Inheritance and Linkage Relationships of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Isozymes. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123(2):264-272. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS.123.2.264. Note: Table 1 Number of accessions cited: 401
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89PI 234607 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASEGUMMY STEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT5 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD) MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GHPI 234607 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)1 - RESISTANT S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
DISEASEPOWDERY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)1 - RESISTANT S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
DISEASEVERTICILLIUM WILTResistance to wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Data supplied by C.B. Skotland, Washington State University. Prosser, WA.9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR1 - YELLOW S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS15 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS15 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE1 - ROUND S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE3 - NETTED 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 234607 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.23 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 234607 03ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.25 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 234607 87ncsi01 SDNot Available