Details for: PI 220170, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, Tarah

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

Tarah

Origin:

Collected – Kandahār, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

28 Jul 1954

PI Assigned:

1954

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

162
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 220170 99ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

Tarah

Origin:

Collected – Kandahār, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

28 Jul 1954

PI Assigned:

1954

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

02 June 1954.
Kandahār, Afghanistan
Locality: Market, Kandahar
Coordinates: 31.6167, 65.7167 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Comment: Latitude-Longitude for Kandahar (city)
Collector(s):

Smith, E.E., USDA-ARS

Donated

28 July 1954.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Smith, E.E., USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Tarah

Type: Local name

274

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Market, Kandahar. Received as Cucumis melo var. flexuosus. Curator comment: Accession has high fruit variability, but flexuosus types are present.

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	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.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	DOWNY MILDEW	RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS	9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY	MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89	PI 220170 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)	9 - SUSCEPTIBLE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	MATURE FLESH COLOR	5 - WHITE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH TASTE	TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH	5 - INSIPID	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH THICKNESS	FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS	1	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	3 - GREEN	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	5	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	54	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	5 - ELONGATE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	2 - FURROWED	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS)	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	2.15	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 220170 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	3.33	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 220170 99ncai01 SD