Breeding and Cultural Practices of Chile Peppers, Capsicum spp. : Chile Pepper Breeding and Cultivation

ISBN-13: 9783639109207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 76 str.

Ravindra Reddy Chinthakuntla

Opis

Chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) is the third mostimportant vegetable crop in the USA. They are animportant constituent of many foods, adding flavor,color, vitamin C, and pungency, and are,indispensable to the US and world food industries.Mexico and South America are the centers of originfor most Capsicum spp. Wild Capsicum species areimportant for breeding improved chile peppers withbetter disease resistance,nutritional quality, yield,and adaptation to stress. Modernannuum-chinense-frutescens complex shows significantvariation for important traits including fruitcharacteristics, pest resistance, and tolerance toenvironmental adversaries.The C. chinense are thehottest peppers and the bell peppers of C. annuum aremild and non-pungent types. However, C. annuumcultivars have early maturity, higher yields, andadapt to a wider range of environments than otherCapsicum species. In this research, 223 accessionsbelonging to C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. frutescens,C. chinense, C. annum were evaluated for agronomictraits and development of varieties with value-addedtraits using molecular marker assistedbreeding/selection.

O autorze

Dr. Chinthakuntla Reddy, a horticulturist and agronomist, has
over 14 years of research experience. His current research
focuses on pepper breeding and organic vegetable production. He
is program director for pepper breeding and organic seed
partnership collaboration with Cornell University and other
institutions as well.