Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN24638

Accession name:

IPGRI 168; Sweet melon

Crop (and subcrop type):

melon (Melon)

Population type:

Land variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Cucumis

Species:

melo

Sub-taxon:

Origin information

Collecting number:

224-8

Country of origin:

Pakistan

Collection site:

Baluchistan, 109 km from Khiran on the Road to Nushki

Latitude / Longitude:

28 / 66,1, uncertainty 592372 meter

Altitude (m):

1150

Collecting date:

19810529

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 168

Other numbers:

Origin address:

Pakistan-Netherlands Expedition, 1981, Stichting voor Plantenveredeling, Wageningen, Netherlands

Origin type:

Farm store, threshing place

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/10TEJ
https://doi.org/10.18730/10TEJ

Additional passport information:

from an IBPGR collecting mission with M. Mesken from SVP

Observations

Flowering characteristics

sex expression

andromonoecious

Fruit characteristics

fruit shape

mixture

fruit weight

low

high

fruit ribbing

absent

main colour of flesh

pale orange

flesh thickness

thin

thick

fruit surface roughness

smooth

fruit skin colour at maturity

white/light yellow

secondary fruit skin colour

orange

secondary skin colour pattern

spotted/blotchy

soluble solids

low

high

Seed characteristics

Predominant seed coat colour

yellow

Pictures

The following pictures are available for this accession.

48 ripe fruits1 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruits2 (2008).JPG

48 roots (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit2 (2008).JPG