tailieunhanh - Advances in the breeding of bell pepper - A review

Bell pepper is known as “Shimla Mirch” and is extensively cultivated in hills of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Nilgiri during summer months and as an autumn crop in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. In Himachal Pradesh, it is grown as an off season crop during the summer and rainy seasons and is economically important to small and marginal farmers. Germplasm collection and conservation is the major step in improvement of sweet pepper and this material can be used in hybridization programme. | 2018 7 4 2272-2281 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 04 2018 Journal homepage http Review Article https Advances in the Breeding of Bell Pepper - A Review Radhika Negi1 Seema Thakur2 and Payal Sharma1 1 Department of Vegetable Science Dr YS Parmar UHF Nauni Solan . India 2Department of Vegetable Science KVK Solan . India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Bell pepper biotechnology anther culture abiotic factors Article Info Accepted 20 March 2018 Available Online 10 April 2018 Bell pepper is known as Shimla Mirch and is extensively cultivated in hills of Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Andhra Pradesh and Nilgiri during summer months and as an autumn crop in Karnataka Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Bihar West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. In Himachal Pradesh it is grown as an off season crop during the summer and rainy seasons and is economically important to small and marginal farmers. Germplasm collection and conservation is the major step in improvement of sweet pepper and this material can be used in hybridization programme. Quality specifications such as size shape colour and non-pungency make the task of developing new hybrids cultivars very challenging. Besides conventional breeding methods molecular genetics tissue culture and genetic engineering are becoming increasingly important. Use of biotechnology will likely to aid in the future development of improved bell pepper varieties. Bell pepper is very much sensitive to biotic and abiotic stresses and thus there is an urgent need to develop multiple disease resistant varieties. The cultivation of bell pepper is only possible in few states as prone to abiotic stresses so there is need to develop varieties for its cultivation in non-traditional areas. Introduction Bell Pepper Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum commonly known as Shimla