Details for: PI 254431, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Origin:

Collected – Lebanon

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

02 Dec 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

166
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 254431 03 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Origin:

Collected – Lebanon

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

02 Dec 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Lebanon

Donated

02 December 1958.
New York, United States

Donor(s):

Hutton, F.B.

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Melons round, to 12 inches in diameter, medium green in color; skins 0.38 inches thick; flesh dark-red, sweet. Apparently disease-free and ship well

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Genus:

Citrullus

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

10675

Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.

Comment:

the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.

Verified:

03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Afghan-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	bastard-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	dessert watermelon	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	watermelon	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	melon d'eau	2	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
French	pastèque	2	Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
German	Wassermelone	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italian	anguria	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	suika	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	melancia	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	albudeca	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	sandía	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish	vattenmelon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	subag	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2	Reaction to Colletotrichium lagenarium race 2 (Winstead et al Plant Disease Reporter 43:570-577. 1959)	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Downy mildew	Resistance to Pseudoperonospora cubensis at Experiment, GA	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Leafspot	Resistance to leafspot (Cercospora citrullina)	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Seed blight	Resistance to Seedling Blight (Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenes ssp. citrulli).	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Verticillium wilt	Resistance to Wilt (Verticillium dahliae) reported by Skotland.	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Watermelon mosaic virus II	Resistance to watermelon mosaic virus II.	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	2 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.BFB.2020		Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	9 - Susceptible (large lesions on cotyledon and first true leaf, or dead plant)	WATERMELON.BFB.1997		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber	5 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GC.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Green House	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	3 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GH.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Field	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Field Environment	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.FIELD.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2 Green House	Resistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	2 - Medium Green	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	9 - Variable	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	1 - Red	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	1 - Red	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	1 - Red	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	22	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	24	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	40	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	24	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	24	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	40	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	1 - Round	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	1 - Round	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	1 - Round	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	9 - Variable	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of fruit color	Uniformity of the fruit color	1 - Uniform	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of rind color	Uniformity of the rind color	2 - Somewhat Uniform	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of shape	Uniformity of shape	1 - Uniform	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of size	Uniformity of size	2 - Somewhat Uniform	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	1 - Early Season	S9.WATERMELON	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	1 - Early Season	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	5 - Midseason	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	4	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	4.31	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	6.25	WATERMELON.2002	PI 254431 03 SD
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	7.00	WATERMELON.2001	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED	PI 254431 01 SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED	PI 254431 02 SD	Not Available