THE ESTIMATION OF YIELDING AND BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF SOME CULTIVARS OF SWEET PEPPER GROWN IN THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF WESTERN POMERANIAN REGION OF POLAND

The studies were carried out in the years 2005–2007 in the Department of Vegetable Growing and in the Laboratory of Plant Raw Material Processing and Storage of Agricultural University of Szczecin in Poland.
The aim of the experiment was to estimate the yielding and biological value of fruit of some cultivars of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). The experimental material consisted of seven F₁ hybrids: ‘ISI 56511 F₁’, ‘ISI 56503 F₁’, ‘Axel F₁’, ‘Akron F₁’, ‘Roei F₁’, ‘Elfo F₁’ and ‘Polonez F₁’ (control cultivar).
Results of the experiment have shown that the yielding of sweet pepper in the climatic conditions of Western Pomeranian Region of Poland depends on the course of the weather conditions.
The highest marketable yield of 1^st class fruit was obtained for ‘ISI 56503 F₁’ (35.62 t/ha) and ‘Polonez F₁’ (33.88 t/ha). Among tested cultivars the least yielding was noted for ‘Roei F₁’. Moreover, it was proved that analysed in the experiment sweet pepper F₁ hybrids differed significantly as far as a chemical composition is concerned. ‘ISI 56511 F₁’ was characterized by the highest content of dry matter and total polyphenols, while by high of L-ascorbic acid.
The highest amount of L-ascorbic acid was found in fruits of ‘ISI 56503 F₁’ (290.16 mg/100 g FW). Fruits of ‘ISI 56511 F₁’ were also characterized by the highest content of chlorophylls and carotenoids.

IV Balkan Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes

D. Jadczak, M. Grzeszczuk

F₁ hybrids, yield, dry matter, polyphenols, L-ascorbic acid, chlorophylls, carotenoids

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.830.52