Details for: PI 255952, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser., Maine Monoecious Oblong


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser.
Top Name:
Maine Monoecious Oblong
Origin:
Developed – Maine, United States
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 255952 91ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser.
Top Name:
Maine Monoecious Oblong
Origin:
Developed – Maine, United States
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
PRE 18 March 1959.
Maine, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
18 March 1959.
New York, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Maine Monoecious Oblong
Type: Institute identifier

G7409
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.

Narrative
Plants very early, vigorous, homozygous for monoecious flowers; fruit oval to oblong, 6.5 by 5 inches, orange, ribbed, well netted; flesh orange; flavor good. Fruits crack at stem end on ripening. Received as C. melo, cantalupensis.
Cucumis melo L. subspp. melo var. cantalupo Ser.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

464596
Place of publication:

Prodr. 3:300. 1828
Comment:
or Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
Verified:
03/05/2012 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 (3056 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)
Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis Naudin
Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naudin

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcantaloupe as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis1Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:43. Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
EnglishCharentais melon as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group1Lim, T. K. 2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 201-203. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
Englishmuskmelon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis1Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:43. Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Englishnetted melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
Englishnutmeg melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
EnglishPersian melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
English (Australia)rock melon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis2Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Frenchmélon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
GermanKantalupe as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
GermanZuckermelone as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Portuguesemelão as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Mar 2012, from Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis Naudin to Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser.
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Citations
  • 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
  • Wechter, W. P., A., Levi, K. Ling, C. Kousik, C. Block. 2011. Identification of Resistance to Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli among Melon (Cucumisspp.) Plant Introductions. HortScience 46(2):207-212. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.46.2.207. Number of accessions cited: 327
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS7 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY) MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94PI 255952 91ncai01 SD
DISEASEGUMMY STEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT7 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)14MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.93.GHPI 255952 91ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.47 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 255952 90ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.48 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 255952 91ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.48 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 255952 87ncsi01 SDNot Available