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Details for: PI 442177,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, Melon Criollo
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Melon Criollo
Origin:
Collected – Chiapas, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Inventory Volume:
188
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Melon Criollo
Origin:
Collected – Chiapas, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
17 November 1979.
Chiapas, Mexico
Locality:
Market, Tapachula, Chiapas
Comment:
Reportedly grown neat Tuxtla, Chico.
Collector(s):
Knight, Jr., Robert J., USDA, ARS
Whitaker, T.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Donated
November 1979.
Florida, United States
Donor(s):
Knight, Jr., Robert J., USDA, ARS
Whitaker, T.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Accession Names and Identifiers
Melon Criollo
Type: Local name
K792-275
Type: Collector identifier
RK 1079
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Fruits smooth, deep orange, elongate-round, 17.8cm long, 15.8cm diam. Flesh firm, melon-colored, strong aroma and flavor, not very sweet. Cultivated.
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
Alternate name
note
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.
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DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
3 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY)
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94
PI 442177 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
7 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY)
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.90
PI 442177 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.57
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 442177 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available