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Details for: PI 282486,
Cucurbita pepo
L., GC 59
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo
L.
Top Name:
GC 59
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
170
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 282486 20ncai01 SD
Images
(4
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo
L.
Top Name:
GC 59
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
PRE 13 August 1962.
New Jersey, United States
Comment:
Resulted from two generations o finbreeding and selection for the pattern Shifriss called Meader's Star.
Developer(s):
Shifriss, Oved, New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta.
Donated
13 August 1962.
New Jersey, United States
Donor(s):
Shifriss, Oved, New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta.
Accession Names and Identifiers
GC 59
Type: Collector identifier
GC = O. Shifriss gourd collection number.
5985-4
Type: Other or unclassified name
Seed from selfed fruit 5985-4
Narrative
Similar to GC 58 (PI 282485), except yellow star very subdued. Seed from selfed fruit 5985-4. Comments from CG 58 similar to GC 57 (PI 282484), except yellow star not prominent. Comments from GC 57 (PI 282484) 'Meader Star' from the Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. 'Table Queen' shape with yellow star on proximal end; seed naked.
Cucurbita pepo
L.
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12606
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/17/2005
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
fraterna
(L. H. Bailey) Lira et al.
(4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
gumala
Teppner
(0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
ovifera
(L.) D. S. Decker
(0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
ovifera
(L.) D. S. Decker var.
ovifera
(L.) Harz
(1 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
ovifera
(L.) D. S. Decker var.
ozarkana
D. S. Decker
(43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
ovifera
(L.) D. S. Decker var.
texana
(Scheele) Filov
(14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. subsp.
pepo
(3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo
L. var.
pepo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii
Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata
Molina
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
bitter bottle gourd
1
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English
bush squash
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
marrow
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
pumpkin
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
squash
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
citrouille
2
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French
courge pepon
2
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German
Gemüse-Kürbis
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
zucchino
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish (Mexico)
calabaza
2
Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández.
1994.
Cucurbits (
Cucurbita
spp.)
. In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77.
Note:
FAO, Rome, Italy.
Swedish
pumpa
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
xi hu lu
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)
ghia kaddu
2
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
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Citations
Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek .
2023. Characterization of the USDA
Cucurbita pepo
,
C. moschata
, and
C. maxima
germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814.
DOI:
10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814
.
Note:
Supplementary material: Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
1661
Luckew, A., G. Meru, Ya-Ying Wang, R. Mwatuwa, M. Peret, R. Carvalho, M. Kalischuk, A. Ribeiro da Silva, J. Candian, B. Dutta, R. Srinivasan, S. Kavalappara, R. Konakalla, S. Bag, & C. McGregor.
2022. Field Evaluation of
Cucurbita
Germplasm for Resistance to Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses. HortScience 57(2):337-344.
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI16197-21
.
Number of accessions cited:
58
Pedigree
Description:
N.J. 457-2-2 (Oved Shifriss New Jersey Number) resulted from two generations of inbreeding and selection for the patter which he called Meader's Star.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
FLWR-FRUIT
FLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUM
Maximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.
2
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT LENGTH MINIMUM
Minimum fruit length in centimeters.
10
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUM
Maximum fruit length in centimeters.
12
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT WIDTH MINIMUM
Minimum fruit width in centimeters.
9
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT WIDTH MAXIMUM
Maximum fruit width in centimeters.
11
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FLESH COLOR
Flesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
CR - CREAM
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SHAPE
Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
OT - OBLATE
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SURFACE COLOR
Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
GN - GREEN
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
GROWTH
MAXIMUM PLANT VIGOR
Maximum plant vigor.
5 - POOR
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
GROWTH
MINIMUM PLANT VIGOR
Minimum plant vigor.
5 - POOR
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PLANT TYPE
Plant type.
B - BUSH
PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
Image present on GRIN database
FRUIT - Image of fruit
NC7-CUCURBITA.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 282486 65ncpo01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
Image present on GRIN database
PLANT - Image of plant(s)
NC7-CUCURBITA.PHOTOGRAPH.PLANT
PI 282486 65ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Weight of 100 seeds
Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.
5.6
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 65ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Weight of 100 seeds
Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.
8.39
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 67ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Weight of 100 seeds
Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.
8.48
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 75ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
5.6
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 65ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
8.39
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 67ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
8.48
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 282486 75ncai01 SD
Not Available