Details for: PI 269368, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, 342

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

342

Origin:

Collected – Helmand, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Nov 1960

PI Assigned:

1960

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

168
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Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

Top Name:

342

Origin:

Collected – Helmand, Afghanistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Nov 1960

PI Assigned:

1960

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 09 November 1960.
Helmand, Afghanistan
Locality: Girishk store.

Collector(s):

Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS

Donated

09 November 1960.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

342

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Fruit globular, 25 cm diameter; skin smooth, yellow and green striped; flesh green; flavor excellent.

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	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	DOWNY MILDEW	RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS	9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY		MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.94	PI 269368 87ncai01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	8 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)	15	MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.94.GH	PI 269368 87ncai01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	8 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)	14	MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.93.GH	PI 269368 87ncai01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	LEAF BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO LEAF BLIGHT CAUSED BY ALTERNARIA CUCUMERINA	9 - SUSCEPTIBLE		S9.CANTALOUPE		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 DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	18		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	18		S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	1 - ROUND		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	5.72		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 269368 87ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	5.99		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 269368 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available