Details for: PI 288236, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 'Kizan Assal'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Cultivar:

'Kizan Assal'

Origin:

Collected – Egypt

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

05 Apr 1963

PI Assigned:

1963

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

171
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 288236 87ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Cultivar:

'Kizan Assal'

Origin:

Collected – Egypt

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

05 Apr 1963

PI Assigned:

1963

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 05 April 1963.
Egypt

Collector(s):

Munger, Henry M., Cornell University

Donated

05 April 1963.
New York, United States

Donor(s):

Munger, Henry M., Cornell University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Kizan Assal'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Fruit very variable; rind smooth, green, yellow or orange; flesh white, very sweet.

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	melon	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German	Melone	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian	melone	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	meron	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish	melon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	tian gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	chamoe	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.

Annotations

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 288236 87ncai01 SD
DISEASE	GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	8 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)	9	MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.93.GH	PI 288236 87ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	MATURE FLESH COLOR	5 - WHITE		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH TASTE	TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH	5 - INSIPID		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH THICKNESS	FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS	4		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	1 - YELLOW		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	13		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	30		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	5 - ELONGATE		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	1 - SMOOTH		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS)		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	3.3		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 288236 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	4.13		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 288236 87ncso01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	4.28		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 288236 87ncai01 SD