Claim · model-written summary
Among the 60 collected accessions, 1 were Cucumis melo.
- Taxon
- Cucumis melo
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Cucumis meloe2 - Outcome
- accessionse1
- Value
- 1e2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“All the 60 accessions”
e2“Cucumis melo (1)”
Title
COLLECTION AND DOCUMENTATION OF MELON GERMPLASM IN NIGERIA
Aishatu Adamu GADO; Muhammad Liman MUHAMMAD; Olamide Ahmed FALUSI; et al. Journal of Plant Development 2019. doi:10.33628/jpd.2019.26.1.59
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Method / resource A germplasm collection in Nigeria yielded 60 melon accessions.
- Observation The 60 collected accessions fell into 5 genera and 7 species.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 45 were Colocynthis citrullus.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 3 were Cucurbita moschata.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 3 were Cucurbita maxima.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 2 were Lagenaria siceraria.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 2 were Lagenaria sphaerica.
- Observation Among the 60 collected accessions, 4 were Cucumeropsis mannii.
- Observation Niger state had the highest number of egusi melon (Colocynthis citrullus) accessions, 8.
- Observation Nasarawa and Kogi states each had the same number of egusi melon accessions, 5.
- Observation All interviewed farmers preferred cultivating Colocynthis citrullus because of its high oil content, demand and consumer acceptance.
- Mechanism The authors suggest the high number of egusi melon accessions encountered might be because it is the most cultivated member of Cucurbitaceae in the country.