SELECTION FOR LEAF AND PLANT SIZE AND LONGEVITY OF ORNAMENTAL PEPPERS (CAPSICUM SPP.) GROWN UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITION

The aim of this work was to evaluate 23 varieties of Capsicum from characters related to plant port, such as growth habit, to select for ornamental potential shelf life.
The experimental design was a completely randomized with three replicates.
The characteristics evaluated were: plant height, canopy size, and leaf width and length.
The selected accessions were submitted a simulated transport conditions for 48 h and transferred to a room temperature to evaluate their pot life.
After this, they were evaluated daily for senescence and abscission of flowers, leaves, and fruits.
All characters showed significant differences by F test.
The variety that presented smallest plant height, leaf length, leaf diameter, and canopy width, that could be better adapted to grow in pot, were ‘AC196’, ‘AC 137’, ‘AC 146’, ‘AC144’, ‘AC 134’, and ‘AC 01’. The shelf life results showed that the ‘AC 134’ variety was the first one to be discarded 12 days after the beginning of the experiment with the least longevity.
The ‘AC196’ and ‘AC01’ varieties were more resistant and survived by 31 and 29 days respectively.
The ‘AC144’ and ‘AC146’ varieties survived for 36 days at room temperature.

VI International Symposium on In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding

E.R. do Rêgo, M.M. do Rêgo, D.F. da Silva, R.M.C. dos Santos, M.J.L.C. Sapucay, D.R. da Silva, S.J. da Silva Júnior

pot life, growth habit, ornamental potential

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.829.59