, Solanum melongena , Solanum lycopersicum , Nicotiana tabacum , and Capsicum annuum , as well as numerous toxic or poisonous species. Puerto Rico is considered a biodiversity hotspot due to its tropical location and the high concentration of endemic
Solar-heated, passively ventilated, plastic or mesh-coated high tunnels are being increasingly adopted by growers of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) and sweet pepper (nonpungent Capsicum annuum ) in temperate and tropical regions worldwide
bacterial endophytes isolated from stem and root tissues of diverse plants for plant growth promotion of Arabidopsis thaliana , tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum ), sweet peppers ( Capsicum annuum ), and cucumbers ( Cucumis sativus ) exposed to VOCs from
Sweet pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) is an important vegetable containing bioactive metabolites with potential health-promoting properties having antioxidant activity ( Marín et al., 2004 ), carotenoids, capsaicinoids, capsinoids, flavonoid
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and mineral nutrition J. Plant Nutr. 21 561 575 Abou El-Yazied, A. 2011 Effect of foliar application of salicylic acid and chelated zinc on growth and productivity of sweet pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) under autumn planting Res. J. Agr. Biol. Sci. 7
, Serdang, Selangor. Characteristics assessed are represented in Table 2 . Table 1. List of Capsicum annuum genotypes used in this study of heat tolerance, including the source, pedigree, and heat tolerance. Table 2. Morphological and physiological
.10.018 González-Real, M.M. Liu, H.Q. Baille, A. 2009 Influence of fruit sink strength on the distribution of leaf photosynthetic traits in fruit-bearing shoots of pepper plants ( Capsicum annuum L.) Environ. Exp. Bot. 66 195 202 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009
. Units Literature cited Bosland, P.W. Lindsey, D.L. 1991 A seedling screen for phytophthora root rot of pepper, Capsicum annuum Plant Dis. 75 1048 1050 10.1094/PD-75-1048 Bowers, J.H. Mitchell, D.J. 1990 Effect of soil-water matric potential and periodic
The increased appetite of Americans for various ethnic foods ( Andrews, 1995 ) has contributed to the development of salsa-type products with varying degrees of pungency. The pungency in the product is determined by the pepper ( Capsicum annuum L