Details for: PI 532929, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Kharboza (melon)


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Kharboza (melon)
Origin:
Collected – Pakistan
Received by NPGS:
31 Oct 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed50 countPI 532929 99ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Kharboza (melon)
Origin:
Collected – Pakistan
Received by NPGS:
31 Oct 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
02 September 1986.
Pakistan
Locality: Skardu in Northern Pakistan.
Coordinates: 35.0000, 76.0000 (Map it)
Elevation: 2195m.

Collector(s):
Donated
31 October 1988.
Utah, United States
Comment: Received through a USDA-CSRS special grants project for nitrogen fixation research in developing countries.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kharboza (melon)
Type: Local name

J-90
Type: Donor identifier

DAJ 0886
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Excellent taste. Similiar to cantaloupe but with green exterior. Received as Cucumis sp.
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
GermanMelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianmelone  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajimeron  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedishmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesetian gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanchamoe  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 Sep 1991, from Cucumis spp. to Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
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Citations
  • Aierken, Y., Y. Akashi, P. Nhi, Y. Halidan, K. Tanaka, B. Long, H. Nishida, C. Long, M. Wu, & K. Kato. . 2011. Molecular Analysis of the Genetic Diversity of Chinese Hami Melon and Its Relationship to the Melon Germplasm from Central and South Asia. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80(1):52-65. DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.80.52. Number of accessions cited: 47
  • McCreight, J. D. 1994. Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance: 1993. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 17:83-85. Note: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 265
  • Wechter, W. P., A., Levi, K. Ling, C. Kousik, C. Block. 2011. Identification of Resistance to Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli among Melon (Cucumisspp.) Plant Introductions. HortScience 46(2):207-212. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.46.2.207. Number of accessions cited: 327
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94PI 532929 91ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT3.695 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 532929 98ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.15 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 532929 99ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT4.64 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 532929 91ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT5.2 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 532929 89ncpo02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT5.26 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 532929 89ncpo01 SDNot Available