Details for: PI 282448, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed50 countPI 282448 87ncsi51 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 01 August 1962.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Pretoria, Transvaal
Coordinates: -25.7500, 28.1667 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS

Donated
01 August 1962.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Plant annual creeper; stems branched, sometimes short; tendrils well developed; flowers monoecious, light yellow; fruit in the wild variable, smooth, usually green, mottled in bands, to 6 cm. long; pulp white. Seeds are from indigenous wild form, widely distributed in the warmer regions, where it is common as a weed on cultivated land.
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
  • Dhillon, N., A. Monforte, M. Pitrat, S. Pandey, P. Singh, K. Reitsma, J. Garcia-Mas, A. Sharma & J. McCreight. 2011. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 35:85-150 DOI: 10.1002/9781118100509.ch3. . Number of accessions cited: 44
  • MacCarter, L. & D. Habeck. 1974. Melon Aphid Resistance in Cucumis Spp. Florida Entomol. 57(2):185-204. DOI: 10.2307/3493486. Number of accessions cited: 55
  • 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

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEDOWNY MILDEWRESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.90PI 282448 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
DISEASEGUMMY STEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT4 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD) MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GHPI 282448 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORMATURE FLESH COLOR5 - WHITE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH TASTETASTE OF FRUIT FLESH5 - INSIPID S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS2 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR1 - YELLOW S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS8 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE4 - OBLONG S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE1 - SMOOTH S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.8 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 282448 87ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.8 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 282448 87ncsi51 SD