Details for: PI 124206, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Kharbuza


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Bihar, India
Received by NPGS:
May 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Bihar, India
Received by NPGS:
May 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
09 April 1937.
Bihar, India
Comment: Gaya, Bihar State.
Collector(s):
Donated
27 May 1937.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kharbuza
Type: Local name

2625
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Fruit subglobose to 8 inches in diameter, smooth, obscurely ribbed, yellow, rib lined with dark green; flesh thin, pale salmon, rather acid, poor.
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.
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Citations
  • Akashi, Y., N. Fukuda, T. Wako, M. Masuda, & K. Kato. 2002. Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships in East and South Asian melons, Cucumis melo L., based on the analysis of five isozymes. Euphytica 125:385-396. DOI: 10.1023/A:1016086206423. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding Number of accessions cited: 65
  • McCreight, J. D. 1992. Preliminary Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 15:59-61. Note: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 151
  • Thomas, C. & E. Jourdain. 1992. Evaluation of Melon Germplasm for Resistance to Downy Mildew. HortScience 27(5):434-436. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.27.5.434. Number of accessions cited: 82
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS3 - (1 = LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY, 9 = HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY) MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89PI 124206 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASESTEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
DISEASEVERTICILLIUM WILTResistance to wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Data supplied by C.B. Skotland, Washington State University. Prosser, WA.9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORMATURE FLESH COLOR4 - SALMON S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH TASTETASTE OF FRUIT FLESH9 - ACID S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS3 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR2 - ORANGE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE1 - ROUND S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE2 - FURROWED S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
NEMATODEROOT KNOT NEMATODEResistance to Root Knot Nematode (Caused by Cotton Root Nematode - Meloidogyne incognita acrita). Data supplied by G. Fassuliotis & G. Rau, U.S. Veg. Lab, Charleston, SC.9 - SUSCEPTIBLE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION1 - EARLY (70 DAYS OR LESS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.4 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 124206 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.76 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 124206 89ncai01 SDNot Available