Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN24652

Accession name:

IPGRI 213

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:

437-1

Country of origin:

Pakistan

Collection site:

Baluchistan, Kuchao, 60 miles north of Taftan

Latitude / Longitude:

28 / 66,1, uncertainty 592372 meter

Altitude (m):

1250

Collecting date:

19810111

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 213

Other numbers:

Origin address:

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

Origin type:

Farm store, threshing place

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/10TX~
https://doi.org/10.18730/10TX~

Additional passport information:

from an IBPGR collecting mission with M. Mesken from SVP

Observations

Flowering characteristics

sex expression

andromonoecious

Fruit characteristics

fruit shape

rounded

fruit weight

low

high

fruit ribbing

superficial

main colour of flesh

white/cream

flesh thickness

thin

thick

fruit surface roughness

smooth

fruit skin colour at maturity

cream

secondary fruit skin colour

white/l.yellow/cream

secondary skin colour pattern

striped

soluble solids

low

high

Seed characteristics

Predominant seed coat colour

yellow

Pictures

The following pictures are available for this accession.

48 unripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 flower (2008).jpg

48 ripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 roots (2008).JPG