Details for: PI 378614, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Nyanga No.4

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Top Name:

Nyanga No.4

Origin:

Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

28 Mar 1973

PI Assigned:

1973

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

181
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Availability

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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Top Name:

Nyanga No.4

Origin:

Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

28 Mar 1973

PI Assigned:

1973

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

PRE 28 March 1973.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Comment: Forwarded by Economic Section, American Consulate, Lubumbashi
Collector(s):

Barnes, W.C.

Accession Names and Identifiers

Nyanga No.4

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Genus:

Citrullus

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

10675

Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.

Comment:

the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.

Verified:

03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Afghan-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	bastard-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	dessert watermelon	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	watermelon	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	melon d'eau	2	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
French	pastèque	2	Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
German	Wassermelone	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italian	anguria	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	suika	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	melancia	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	albudeca	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	sandía	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish	vattenmelon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	subag	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	Seed (entire) oil percentage	Mean percent seed (entire) oil content	21.52	WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2	Reaction to Colletotrichium lagenarium race 2 (Winstead et al Plant Disease Reporter 43:570-577. 1959)	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 378614 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Seed blight	Resistance to Seedling Blight (Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenes ssp. citrulli).	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 378614 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Watermelon mosaic virus II	Resistance to watermelon mosaic virus II.	9 - Susceptible	S9.WATERMELON	PI 378614 01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.BFB.2020		Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	9 - Susceptible (large lesions on cotyledon and first true leaf, or dead plant)	WATERMELON.BFB.1995		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber	6 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GC.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Green House	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	2 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GH.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2 Green House	Resistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	3 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	3 - Dark Green	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	3 - Dark Green	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	2 - Pink	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	2 - Pink	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	15	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	20	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	33	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	35	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	2 - Oblate	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	9 - Variable	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	3 - Dark Green	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	3 - Dark Green	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of fruit color	Uniformity of the fruit color	1 - Uniform	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of rind color	Uniformity of the rind color	1 - Uniform	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of shape	Uniformity of shape	2 - Somewhat Uniform	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Uniformity of size	Uniformity of size	2 - Somewhat Uniform	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	7 - (1 = Early Season, 8 = Late Season)	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	1.8	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	3.2	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	.10	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 378614 02 SD	Not Available
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	6.60	WATERMELON.BYRON.2004	PI 378614 03 SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED	PI 378614 01 SD	Not Available