Details for: PI 261778, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 'Charentais'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Charentais'
Origin:
Developed – Île-de-France, France
Received by NPGS:
10 Dec 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Cultivar:
'Charentais'
Origin:
Developed – Île-de-France, France
Received by NPGS:
10 Dec 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
PRE December 1959.
Île-de-France, France

Developer(s):
Donated
10 December 1959.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Charentais'
Type: Cultivar name

D 132
Type: Collector identifier
Elmo W. Davis collection number.

Narrative
Improved Sugar variety.
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
  • 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.94PI 261778 89ncai01 SDNot Available
DISEASEGUMMY STEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT6 - LESIONS > 20 MM WITH GIRDLING OF THE STEM.16MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.94.GHPI 261778 89ncai01 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
DISEASEPOWDERY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)9 - SUSCEPTIBLE 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
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORMATURE FLESH COLOR4 - SALMON S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH TASTETASTE OF FRUIT FLESH1 - SWEET S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR2 - ORANGE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE1 - ROUND S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE2 - FURROWED 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
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.41 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 261778 87ncso01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.81 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 261778 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.97 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 261778 89ncai01 SDNot Available