Conference PaperAuthors: Duong, Thanh Thuy (2021)
During a collecting mission in Central Highlands (Vietnam), twenty - two landraces of melon (Cucumis melo) were
collected. Sample information regarding their orgin, cultivation, utiIization and genetic variation show that at least there
are three melon tỵpes in this region, "Montok" seems to be the native melon of Central Highlands, has dose relationship
with South and Southeast Asian melon, "Dua gang" and "Dua le" were introduced from lowland (Central coast and/or
northern part of Vietnam). Montok were once widely grown by minority ethnic groups, however, the current impact of
climate change and adoption of a few modern cultivars in Central Highlands poses threats to melon halli... 
