reference to the fruit’s pungency ( Weiss, 2002 ). Capsicum (Solanaceae family) consists of 33 accepted wild species and five domesticated species ( U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2012 ): C. annuum (chile and sweet pepper types), C. chinense (habanero
Mexico has been recognized as the country with the greatest genetic diversity of peppers that belongs the Capsicum genus. Habanero pepper ( Capsicum chinense Jacquin) has several varieties and shows some of its variability in the fruit color
. frutescens , C. pubescens , and C. chinense ( Heiser and Pickersgill, 1969 ; Smith and Heiser, 1957 ). Of these, Capsicum chinense , often referred to as habanero, was the last to be recognized as a cultivated taxa in the modern scientific literature
, Bosland and Baral (2007) recently reported that “Bhut Jolokia”, a natural interspecific hybrid between Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens , is in fact the world's hottest known chili pepper with a heat level of 879,953 to 1,001,304 SHU. The
No. 2367-chl-021-080110/c) (orange fruit) of Habanero pepper ( Capsicum chinense Jacq.) were obtained from the Scientific Research Center of Yucatan germplasm bank. Seeds were first submerged in ethanol at 70% (v/v) for 5 min and subsequently in a
( Fig. 5G–H ) and the fusion of embryos ( Fig. 5I–J ) in C . chinense , seems to be a common phenomenon as in other species of the Capsicum genus. The persistence of this behavior in Habanero pepper also contributes to a marked reduction in the rates
on capsaicinoid (capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin) production. Materials and Methods Plant materials and growth conditions. Capsicum chinense Jacq. cultivar Naranja seeds obtained from Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. (Oxnard, CA) were germinated in
Habanero peppers ( Capsicum chinense ) are a unique group of cultivated plants diversified in various traits of interest. Fruit color depends on maturity, ranging from light to dark green and then in varying shades of red, yellow, orange, or
In the Caribbean, three of the five domesticated Capsicum species are cultivated: C. annuum (sweet peppers), C. frutescens (bird peppers), and C. chinense (aromatic hot peppers). However, C. chinense is commercially the most important
Habanero pepper ( Capsicum chinense ) is an important horticultural crop in the southeast of Mexico. Although other Solanaceae members easily undergo morphogenesis in vitro, the species of the genus Capsicum sp. are highly recalcitrant