Table 1 Origin and characteristics of genotypes included in the 8 pools sequenced with SOLiD

Subsp. agrestis

Pool 1: African agrestis

Tibish/CO199

Sudan

MELRIP

Mostly monoecious. Mostly small inedible fruits (<5 cm). Round to oval. Light green-white flesh. Non climacteric. No aroma. No sugar.

43.7

30,620,160

Fadasi/CO133

Sudan

MELRIP

HSD/CO145

Sudan

MELRIP

Tayer/CO195

Cameroon

MELRIP

Agrestis/CUM 287

Nigeria

IPK

Pool 2: Asian agrestis- acidulus

Agrestis Wild chibbar/CO204

India

COMAV

Monoecious. Small to medium sized fruits. Oval, elliptic to elongated. Mostly non climacteric. White-light orange flesh. No aroma. No sugar. Low pH.

56.7

15,779,803

Acidulus SLK/CO187

Sri Lanka

MELRIP

Agrestis Meloncito/CO153

India

COMAV

Acidulus TGR 1551/PI 482420

Zimbabwe

NPGS

Voatango/CO202

Madagascar

MELRIP

Arya/CO115

India

COMAV

Pool 3: Far East conomon

Pat81/CO32

Korea

COMAV

Andromonoecious-hermaphroditic. Medium sized fruits. Flat, round to elongated. White-green-light orange flesh. Non climacteric-medium climacteric. Medium aroma. Medium sugar.

56.1

17,962,640

Freemans´s Cucumber/CO136

Japan

COMAV

Songwhan Charmi/PI 161375

Korea

NPGS

Nabunkin/CO153

China

MELRIP

Paul/CO169

Poland

MELRIP

Intermediate types between subspecies

Pool 4: Middle East and Indian momordica, dudaim and flexuosus

Momordica/PI124112

India

NPGS

Andromonoecious-monoecious. Round, flat, oval to very elongated fruits. White-light orange flesh. Climacteric. No to intermediate sugar. Medium to strong aroma. Low pH.

55.3

23,320,668

Momordica/PI124111

India

NPGS

Momordica/CUM 438

India

IPK

Snakemelon/CO188

Saudi Arabia

MELRIP

Flexuosus/CUM 353

Iraq

IPK

Flexuosus/CUM 225

India

IPK

Dudaim Queen´s pocket melon/CO180

Afghanistan

COMAV

Subsp. melo

Pool 5: Group cantalupensis

Noy Israel/CO162

Israel

COMAV

Andromonoecious-monoecious- gynoecious. Medium to large size fruits. Flat to oval. Round or ribbed. Green- orange flesh. Climacteric. Sweet. Aromatic.

48.1

23,237,004

Noir des carmes/CO161

France

COMAV

Prescott Fond Blanc/CO179

France

COMAV

TopMARK/NSL30032

USA

NPGS

Nantais Oblong/CO159

France

MELRIP

Gynadou/CO141

France

MELRIP

Cantalupd´alger/CO121

France

MELRIP

PMR45/CO178

USA

MELRIP

5 Charentais breeding lines

Spain

S.Fitó S.A

Pool 6: Group melo Eastern Europe, Central Asia, inodorus, chandalack, ameri

Honeydew/CO143

USA

COMAV

Monoecious-andromonoecious. Medium-size fruits. Oval, flat to elongated. White-green-light orange flesh. Climacteric. Sweet, variable sugar content. Medium to low aroma.

34.3

8,367,385

Kirkagac/CO150

Turkey

COMAV

Muchanesvi/CO156

Georgia

MELRIP

Baskavas/CO118

Greece

MELRIP

Korca/Cum168

Rusia

IPK

Kiziluruk/CO96

Uzbequistan

COMAV

Hami melon/CO142

China

COMAV

Winter type/PI169329

Turkey

NPGS

Maazoon/CO85

Egypt

COMAV

Blanco/CO67

Spain

COMAV

Carosello/CO122

Italy

COMAV

Pool 7: inodorus Spanish landraces

Cañadulce/CO48

Spain

COMAV

Andromonoecious. Large-sized fruits. Round to elliptic. White-Green flesh. Non climacteric. Sweet. Low aroma.

50.6

17,485,023

Madura amarilla/CO58

Spain

COMAV

Erizo/CO75

Spain

COMAV

Amarillo oro/CO79

Spain

COMAV

Escrito oloroso/CO50

Spain

COMAV

Tendral/CO59

Spain

COMAV

Verde pinto/CO73

Spain

COMAV

Coca/CO49

Spain

COMAV

Mochuelo/CO48

Spain

COMAV

Largo de Villaconejos/CO69

Spain

COMAV

5 Amarillo breeding lines

Spain

S.Fitó S.A

Pool 8: inodorus group market class Piel de sapo

T111

Spain

S.Fitó S.A

Andromonoecious. Large-sized fruits. Round to elliptic. White-green flesh. Non climacteric. Sweet. No aroma.

37.2

13,809,773

5 Piel de Sapo breeding lines

Spain

S.Fitó S.A