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Details for: PI 266940,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq., 242
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Top Name:
242
Origin:
Collected – Iran
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Jun 1960
PI Assigned:
1960
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
168
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Form
Quantity
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Seed
50 count
PI 266940 11ncai01 SD
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(3
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Top Name:
242
Origin:
Collected – Iran
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Jun 1960
PI Assigned:
1960
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 23 June 1960.
Iran
Locality:
Sharud, Iran
Donated
23 June 1960.
Japan
Donor(s):
University of Osaka Prefecture
Accession Names and Identifiers
242
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Plant andromonoecious; fruit large, flat, not netted; skin yellow when ripe, blotchy green when immature; flesh white, thick, fine textured; sugar content high. Selfed seed, third generation. Winter melon.
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12571
Place of publication:
Monogr. melon 173. 1832
Protologue link:
http://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN607540419/185/LOG_0013/
Comment:
or
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
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
(3056 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. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Canary melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Lim, T. K.
2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 210-218.
Note:
treats as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
casaba melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin; =
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
honeydew melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin; =
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
winter melon
1
Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson.
1991. Nomenclature of
Cucumis melo
L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44.
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin
German
Honig-Melone
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Note:
treats as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
Name
References
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Citations
Staub, J., V. Meglic & J. McCreight.
1998. Inheritance and Linkage Relationships of Melon (
Cucumis melo
L.) Isozymes. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123(2):264-272.
DOI:
10.21273/JASHS.123.2.264
.
Note:
Table 1
Number of accessions cited:
401
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
5 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)
15
MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.94.GH
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
7 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)
14
MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.93.GH
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
POWDERY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
VERTICILLIUM WILT
Resistance to wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Data supplied by C.B. Skotland, Washington State University. Prosser, WA.
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
MATURE FRUIT COLOR
1 - YELLOW
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
20
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
15
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
3 - OBLATE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SURFACE
CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE
1 - SMOOTH
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT-SECTIONS - Image of fruit section(s) cut at mid fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT-SECTIONS
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE2
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE3
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION
1 - EARLY (70 DAYS OR LESS)
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.75
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 266940 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.75
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 266940 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available