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Details for: PI 479704,
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, 'Blue Frost'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Blue Frost'
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
191
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Blue Frost'
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE September 1983.
United States
Donated
September 1983.
Donor(s):
Melvin, W.H.
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Blue Frost'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Plants disease tolerant, maturity about 90 days. Fruit to 13.6kg, oblong, blue frosted appearance. Rind thin, tough. Selected over period of years for uniformity
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
Alternate name
note
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.
Name
References
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
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CHEMICAL
Seed (entire) oil percentage
Mean percent seed (entire) oil content
18.32
WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012
Not Available
DISEASE
Bacterial fruit blotch
Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (
Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
).
6 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)
WATERMELON.BFB.1995
Not Available
DISEASE
Gummy stem blight (Wehner)
Resistance to gummy stem blight (
Didymella bryoniae
(Auersw.) Rehm). Data summarized as the mean (mean of 1,325 cultigens = 4.50) and standard deviation over replications. Reported by Gusmini, Song, and Wehner, Crop Sci. 45:582-588.
3.9
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HTML webpage
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Excel Spreadsheet
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.">WATERMELON.GSB.WEHNER.2005
Not Available
DISEASE
Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber
Resistance to race 1 of
Colletotrichum lagenarium
evaluated in Growth Chamber
5 - (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
2 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)
WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Background color
Fruit rind background color
3 - Dark Green
S9.WATERMELON
PI 479704 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit color pattern
Color pattern of fruit rind
1 - Solid
S9.WATERMELON
PI 479704 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit shape
General fruit shape
3 - Oblong
S9.WATERMELON
PI 479704 01 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Relative time of maturation
1 - Early Season
S9.WATERMELON
PI 479704 01 SD
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Seed - Image of seed
WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED
PI 479704 01 SD
Not Available
SUBSET
Molecular Core subset
A flag to indicate the accession is part of the molecular core subset
Y - Yes, accession is part of the molecular core subset
WATERMELON.MOLECULAR.CORE
Not Available