Details for: PI 253500, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Origin:

Collected – Nangarhār, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Nov 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

166
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 253500 12ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Origin:

Collected – Nangarhār, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Nov 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 06 November 1958.
Nangarhār, Afghanistan
Locality: Grown around Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34.4167, 70.4500 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Comment: Latitude-Longitude for Jalalabad

Donated

06 November 1958.
Pakistan

Donor(s):

Military Assistance Advisory Group

Accession Names and Identifiers

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

Language	Name	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.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	DOWNY MILDEW	RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS	9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY	MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89	PI 253500 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	MATURE FLESH COLOR	5 - WHITE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH TASTE	TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH	5 - INSIPID	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH THICKNESS	FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS	7	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	1 - YELLOW	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	20	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	36	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	4 - OBLONG	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	1 - SMOOTH	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE1	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.	CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 253500 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE2	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.	CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 253500 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE3	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.	CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 253500 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS)	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	4.17	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 253500 06ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	5.42	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 253500 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available