STUDIES ON PRODUCTION OF HYBRIDS PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.): 1-EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME SWEET PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.) GENOTYPES FOR SOME ECONOMIC TRAITS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Vegetable and Floriculture Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura University .

2 Vegetable Research Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center , Cairo.

Abstract

               Two field experiments were carried out during the summer seasons of 2003 and 2004 under open field in the Horticulture Experimental Station at El –Baramoon , Dakhalia governorate, Egypt, to  evaluated and characterized some genotypes of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L. ) and also  these genotypes  were compared with the check cultivar for plant growth , yield and yield components, fruit characteristics ,as well as, quality traits.  Considerable differences  were recorded for all the studied  genotypes for  all traits in both seasons. The  obtained results showed that the highest values recorded in the genotypes; i.e., "Marconi Rosso  x  California Wonder" , "California  Wonder x Marconi Rosso" and "Fushimi Long Green x Marconi Rosso". for early and   total yield ; Fushimi Long Green   cv. , "Fushimi Long Green  x Marconi Rosso" and  " Marconi Rosso x Fushimi Long Green "  for numbers of fruits / plant ; California  Wonder cv. , "Vikima x California  Wonder"   and "California  Wonder  x Marconi Rosso " for average fruit weight ; "Fushimi Long Green  x Marconi Rosso" and  "Marconi Rosso x Fushimi Long Green"  for total soluble solids (T.S.S.) and  "Fushimi Long Green  x Vikima " and " Marconi Rosso  x Fushimi Long Green  " for  vitamin C .These genotypes can be used by breeders in their breeding programs according to their objectives . Furthermore, the variation in these traits  might be useful for breeders in pepper selection .