MALE-STERILITY IN PEPPER (CAPSICUM-ANNUUM-L)

Male-sterility in peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) was first documented in the 1950's. Since then considerable knowledge has been accumulated on the nature of the trait, the means of its identification and inductio n, inheritance of both genic and cytoplasmic genic male-sterility, its line maintenance, and the potential for breeding hybrid cultivars. To day, several internationally known seed companies use the genic mechan ism msms on a large scale for producing hybrids, whereas the cytoplasm ic genic source is used mainly for breeding pungent (S) Rf rf hybrids.