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Family: CUCURBITACEAE

Botanical Name: Cucumis melo L.

Common Name:
SPANISH: Melón ENGLISH: Melon FRENCH: Melón DUTCH: Meloen
PORTUGUESE: Melao GERMAN: Melone ITALIAN: Melone

General characteristics:
Creeping annual plant, with herbaceous stems, highly branched, that emit tendrils, susceptible to pruning and internodes. Rounded leaves, more or less reniform, covered with somewhat rough pilosity. The flowers, in the commercial varieties, are generally monoecious. The first to appear are the male ones; the female flowers appear on the secondary stems and from the first leaf of each tertiary stem. The fruits are peponid, with a very varied shape and appearance.

Indicative data:
● Number of Seeds per Gram: 25-35
● Useful Plants per 10 gr. of Seed: 200-300
● Sowing spacing between rows: 100-200
● Sowing spacing between plants: 50-100
● Seeds per Stroke: 1-2
● Planting depth: 1-2 cm
● Growing Cycle: 3-5 months
● Kilograms per Seed per Hectare: 0.6-0.4-1
● Germination Temperature (minimum, maximum, optimum): 12ºC, 35ºC, 26ºC
● Germination Time: 3-7 days

VARIETYTYPERESISTANTPLANT VIGORWEIGTH kgREMARKS
M-5266AnanasHigh6,0-6,5Big fruit
M-5268AnanasMedium4,0-4,8Oval shape, uniform netting
M-5866 Phase 3AnanasMedium3,0-4,0Firm meat and healthy plant
M-5686 Ananas orangeLow2,0-2,7Very firm meat
M-5976 Phase 3Ananas orangeFom:0,1/PxMedium3,0-4,0Oval elongate
M-5256Yellow semiwrinkledFom:0,1,/PxLow2,6-3,0Early sowings
M-6350 Phase 3Yellow semiwrinkledFom:0,1,2/Px/MNSVMedium3,6-4,3Rough
M-6358 Phase 3Yellow semiwrinkledFom:0,1,2/Px/MNSVLow2,1-2,5Semi-Rough
M-6418 Phase 3Yellow semiwrinkledLow3,0-3,5Semi-Rough
M-5278WhiteMedium4-5Early maturing
M-6144 Phase3WhiteHigh3,7-4,2Big fruit
M-5730GaliaLow2Traditional galia
M-5284Yellow orange fleshLow1,0-1,5High brix
M-5428Yellow orange fleshMedium1,2-1,6High brix and
vigorous plant
M-6154 Phase3Yellow orange fleshMedium1,8-2,2Tolerant to Powdery
mildew
M-5888SapoMNSV/Px Medium4,8-5,3Big fruit
M-5922SapoMNSV/Fom:0,1,2/Px High4-5Very nice netting
M-5926SapoMNSV/Px High3,2-3,6For late sowings
M-6028 NewSapoMNSV/Fom:0,1,2/PxMedium5,5-6,5The biggest
M-6330 Phase 3SapoFom:0,1/Px/MNSVLow2,5-3,5Elongated-oval shape
M-6400 Phase 3SapoFom:0,1/Px/MNSVLow2,9-3,2Elongated-oval shape
M-5770Sapo orange fleshFom:0,1/PxLow2-4,5Excellent taste
and storage
M-5998Sapo orange fleshMNSV/Fom:0,1/PxMedium2,5-3Consistent fruit size

Cucumis melo (MELON)
Scientific nameEnglish common nameCode
Viruses
Melon necrotic spot virusMelon necrotic spotMNSV
Fungi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonisFusarium wiltFom
Podosphaera xanthiiPowdery mildewPx

Types