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Details for: PI 266929,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo, 'Kiku'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
Cultivar:
'Kiku'
Origin:
Donated – Japan
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Jun 1960
PI Assigned:
1960
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
168
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
Cart
Seed
50 count
PI 266929 99ncai01 SD
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(1
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
Cultivar:
'Kiku'
Origin:
Donated – Japan
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Jun 1960
PI Assigned:
1960
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
23 June 1960.
Japan
Donor(s):
University of Osaka Prefecture
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Kiku'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Grown in Kansai area, western Japan. Plant andromonoecious; fruit to 500 grams, rather flat, deeply ribbed, not netted; skin white; flesh white, mealy. Selfed seed.
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404408
Place of publication:
P. M. Zhukovsky, Turq. agric. 534. 1933
Verified:
06/15/2020
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(151 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.
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
Common names
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
09 Jan 2025, from
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
to
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
Other Links
Email to Reitsma on Makuwa type Melon Taxonomy
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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
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94
PI 266929 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)
MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GH
PI 266929 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
POWDERY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
VERTICILLIUM WILT
Resistance to wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Data supplied by C.B. Skotland, Washington State University. Prosser, WA.
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
MATURE FLESH COLOR
5 - WHITE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH TASTE
TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH
1 - SWEET
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH THICKNESS
FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS
1
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
8
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
8
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
1 - ROUND
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 266929 87ncso01 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
0.4
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 266929 87ncso01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.98
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 266929 99ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.16
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 266929 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available