Table 1.

Comparison of vegetable melon populations for seven morphological descriptors: fruit color intensity, spot density, spot size, peduncular site shape, distal end shape, grooves and grooves depth.

Gene bank ID	Fruit color intensity	Spot density	Spot size	Peduncular site shape	Distal end shape	Grooves	Grooves depth
UBGCMC048	Medium	High/None	Medium/None	Flat	Round	Few/None	Very shallow/None
UBGCMC051	Dark	None	None	Round	Flat	None	None
UBGCMC053	Dark	Low	Small	Round	Round	Few	Very shallow
UBGCMC054	Dark	None/High	None/Medium	Peaked	Round	None/Few	None/Shallow
UBGCMC056	Dark	None	None	Flat	Flat/Round	None	None
UBGCMC057	Dark	None	None	Round	Round	Few	Shallow/Medium
UBGCMC058	Dark	Low	Small	Round	Round	Few	Shallow
UBGCMC059	Dark	None	None	Round	Round	Few	Very shallow
UBGCMC060	Dark	None	None	Round	Round	None/Few	None/Very shallow
UBGCMC061	Medium/Dark	None	None	Round	Round	Few/Abundant	Shallow/Very shallow
UBGCMC106	Medium	High	Small/Medium	Round	Round	Few/Abundant	Shallow/Medium
UBGCMC107	Medium/Dark	Medium/High	Small/Medium	Peaked/Round	Peaked/Round	Few/Abundant	Shallow/Medium
UBGCMC111	Dark	None	None	Round	Round	Abundant	Deep
UBGCMC113	Dark	None	None	Peaked/Round	Peaked/Round	Few/None	None/Very shallow
UBGCMC124	Light	None	None	Round/Peaked	Round/Peaked	Few	Shallow

The presence of non-unique phenotypes reflects the phenotypic variation observed within some populations.