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Article

Yield, Morphological, and Qualitative Profile of Nine Landraces of Unripe Melon from the Puglia Region Grown in Open Field

by
Adriano Didonna
1,
Annalisa Somma
1,*,
Onofrio Davide Palmitessa
1,
Maria Gonnella
2,
Beniamino Leoni
1,
Angelo Signore
1,
Massimiliano Renna
1 and
Pietro Santamaria
1
1
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
2
Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, 70126 Bari, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Horticulturae 2025, 11(4), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040344
Submission received: 13 February 2025 / Revised: 10 March 2025 / Accepted: 20 March 2025 / Published: 22 March 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productivity and Quality of Vegetable Crops under Climate Change)
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Abstract

In recent years, increasing attention in regional and national markets has been given to the Puglia region’s traditional landraces of unripe melon (Cucumis melo L.). However, distinguishing these landraces is challenging due to their significant variability. A detailed morphological characterization is crucial to identify the unique features of each variety, while also assessing their productive potential. This study evaluated nine Puglia landraces of C. melo: ‘Barattiere’, ‘Carosello leccese’, ‘Carosello scopatizzo’, ‘Cucumbr di Martina Franca’, ‘Carosello di Polignano’, ‘Carosello striato tondo di Massafra’, ‘Spuredda bianca’, ‘Spuredda nera’, and ‘Spuredda fasciata’. The aims of the work were to identify specific and distinctive characters for these landraces, subdivided into traditional macro-groups (“Barattiere”, “Caroselli”, and “Spuredde”), and to evaluate productive and quality traits that could be interesting for future commercial promotion. The main findings revealed distinct characteristics among the “Barattiere” group and the other two macro-groups across all the parameters considered. The differentiation of the “Caroselli” and “Spuredde” macro-groups, on the other hand, was more challenging because of similar intragroup characteristics. In particular, a case of synonymy was found between the landraces ‘Carosello leccese’ and ‘Spuredda bianca’, and a high degree of dissimilarity was identified between ‘Carosello di Polignano’ and the other landraces.
Keywords: agrobiodiversity; characterization; Cucumis melo L.; Carosello; Barattiere agrobiodiversity; characterization; Cucumis melo L.; Carosello; Barattiere
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Didonna, A.; Somma, A.; Palmitessa, O.D.; Gonnella, M.; Leoni, B.; Signore, A.; Renna, M.; Santamaria, P. Yield, Morphological, and Qualitative Profile of Nine Landraces of Unripe Melon from the Puglia Region Grown in Open Field. Horticulturae 2025, 11, 344. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040344

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Didonna A, Somma A, Palmitessa OD, Gonnella M, Leoni B, Signore A, Renna M, Santamaria P. Yield, Morphological, and Qualitative Profile of Nine Landraces of Unripe Melon from the Puglia Region Grown in Open Field. Horticulturae. 2025; 11(4):344. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040344

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Didonna, Adriano, Annalisa Somma, Onofrio Davide Palmitessa, Maria Gonnella, Beniamino Leoni, Angelo Signore, Massimiliano Renna, and Pietro Santamaria. 2025. "Yield, Morphological, and Qualitative Profile of Nine Landraces of Unripe Melon from the Puglia Region Grown in Open Field" Horticulturae 11, no. 4: 344. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040344

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Didonna, A., Somma, A., Palmitessa, O. D., Gonnella, M., Leoni, B., Signore, A., Renna, M., & Santamaria, P. (2025). Yield, Morphological, and Qualitative Profile of Nine Landraces of Unripe Melon from the Puglia Region Grown in Open Field. Horticulturae, 11(4), 344. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040344

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