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Details for: PI 618834,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, Sesame Seed melon
Summary
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Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Sesame Seed melon
Origin:
Collected – Shaanxi Sheng, China
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
50 count
PI 618834 95ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Sesame Seed melon
Origin:
Collected – Shaanxi Sheng, China
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
21 July 1994.
Shaanxi Sheng, China
Locality:
Yangling.
Coordinates:
34.2833, 108.0667
(Map it)
Georeference protocol:
Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Environment description:
Vegetable market.
Collector(s):
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Rhodes, Bill, Clemson University
Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University
Zhang, Xingping, Clemson University
Donated
21 February 1995.
North Carolina, United States
Donor(s):
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Rhodes, Bill, Clemson University
Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University
Zhang, Xingping, Clemson University
Accession Names and Identifiers
Sesame Seed melon
Type: Local name
ZWRM-068
Type: Collector identifier
Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University
Ames 22351
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Sweet melon type fruit, 5.5 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, dark green skin with a dark green spot. Small seed. Uneven surface, full-slip, depressed blossom scar, buttery color around seed cavity. Landrace.
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.
Name
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Pathogens
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Citations
McCreight, J., J. Staub, A. Lopez-Sese, & Sang-Min Chung.
2004. Isozyme Variation in Indian and Chinese Melon (
Cucumis melo
L.) Germplasm Collections. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129(6):811-818.
DOI:
10.21273/JASHS.129.6.0811
.
Number of accessions cited:
143
Pedigree
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Phenotype Data
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DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.98
PI 618834 95ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.79
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 618834 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.8
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 618834 95ncai01 SD