Gene effect and heterosis in Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum

Ciência Rural

Artur Mendes Medeiros²  Rosana Rodrigues²  Leandro Simões Azeredo Gonçalves¹  Cláudia Pombo Sudré²  Hérica Santos De Oliveira²  Marilene Hilma Dos Santos² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal Campos dos Goytacazes RJ ,Brasil

关键词: chili peppers;    combining ability;    diallel analysis;    cambuci chili pepper;    lady's finger chili pepper;    pimentas;    capacidade de combinação;    análise dialélica;    pimenta cambuci;    pimenta dedo-de-moça;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782014000600013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Heterosis has been exploited in Capsicum annuum commercial hybrids; however, the use of heterosis in C. baccatum still remains to be explored, and studies related to the genetics and breeding of this species are scarce. The present study aimed to estimate the combining ability of five parents of C. baccatum var. pendulum , representatives of two distinct types of fruits (namely, lady's finger and cambuci), to calculate heterosis and to evaluate the agronomic potential of the hybrids for yield and fruit quality. The hybrids were produced from a complete diallel without reciprocals. The parents and hybrids were evaluated under field conditions in a randomized block design with three replications, and the following traits were assessed: number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, yield per plant, fruit length, fruit diameter and soluble solids. All traits were significant for general and specific combining ability, indicating that additive and non-additive effects are involved in the genetic control of these traits. The hybrid combinations between the types lady's finger and cambuci provided elongated fruits with smaller diameters and greater weight compared with the parents of the cambuci type. However, these factors did not lead to a significant increase in the yield per plant due to the decreased number of fruits except in hybrid UENF 1616 x UENF 1732. Considering only the parents and hybrids within each type of fruit, the genitor UENF 1624 (lady's finger) and the hybrid UENF 1639 x UENF 1732 (cambuci x cambuci) stood out for achieving a high yield per plant.

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