Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Although thought of as a minor crop, peppers are a major world commodity due to their great
versatility. They are used not only as vegetables in their own right but also as flavourings in …

Capsicum species commonly known as Chili peppers are economically important group of
plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Of the 38 species reported, only six species …

In recent years, plant molecular research on genetic mapping, gene tagging and cloning,
and marker‐assisted selection (MAS) have gained importance in crop improvement …

Key message The cucumber male sterility gene ms-3 was fine mapped in a 76 kb region
harboring an MMD1-like gene Csa3M006660 that may be responsible for the male sterile in …

Based on the gene differential expression analysis performed by cDNA-amplified fragment
length polymorphism (cDNA-AFLP) in the genic male sterile–fertile line 114AB of Capsicum …

First flower node (FFN) is an important trait for evaluating fruit earliness in pepper (Capsicum
annuum L.), but the genetic mechanisms that control FFN are still poorly understood. In the …

Key message Based on genome resequencing, a strong candidate gene
Capana02g002096 was identified in this study. Capana02g002096 encodes a homolog of …

The genus Capsicum (chili), one of the important Solanaceae crop plants, is grown widely
for producing vegetables and spices and for extraction of the coloring agent. Chili fruits …

Pepper belongs to the genus Capsicum, of which five species are cultivated (C. annuum L.,
C. chinense Jacq., C. frutescens L., C. baccatum L. Ruiz. & Pavon, and C. pubescens). C …