Overview of the Red Chile Breeding Program at NMSU

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Melon


(Cucumis melo & Citrullus lanatus)


  • Warm season,
    herbaceous annual

  • May be determinate
    or indeterminate

  • Melons can only
    cross pollinate with
    members of the
    same species

  • Plants are monoecious

  • May self- or cross- pollinate


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