Details for: PI 441988, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Smith's Perfect Seeds

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

Smith's Perfect Seeds

Origin:

Collected – Tolima, Colombia

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1980

PI Assigned:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

188
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 441988 10ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

Smith's Perfect Seeds

Origin:

Collected – Tolima, Colombia

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1980

PI Assigned:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE April 1980.
Tolima, Colombia
Locality: Espinal-Tolima

Donated

April 1980.
Georgia, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Smith's Perfect Seeds

Type: Unverified name

Narrative

Downy mildew resistance, tolerant to local cucurbit mosaic virus. Cultivated. Breeder: Archie D. Smith. Vendor: Kilgore. Parentage: Rocky Ford x Netted Gem x Jamaica Small Melon. Characteristics: vigorous, prolific fruit with characteristic aroma. Resistance: downy mildew. Adaptation: southeastern United States. 1942.

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	3 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY)		MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94	PI 441988 89ncai01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	6 - LESIONS > 20 MM WITH GIRDLING OF THE STEM.	14	MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.93.GH	PI 441988 89ncai01 SD	Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE1	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.		CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 441988 87ncso01 SD	Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE2	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.		CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 441988 87ncso01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	2.8		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 441988 87ncso01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	2.86		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 441988 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	3.3		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 441988 89ncai01 SD	Not Available