Highlights•Image analysis automatically counted fruits of complex shape and varying
colour.•Datasets each consisted of 28,000 colour images of 1000 3 m high pepper …

Germplasm collections of cultivated plants constitute the source for further genetic progress.
These collections gained further interest with approaches for tracking allelic variants …

The genus Capsicum (chili), one of the important Solanaceae crop plants, is grown widely
for producing vegetables and spices and for extraction of the coloring agent. Chili fruits …

Increased food production with higher nutritional content is required to feed the growing
global human population, particularly in urban centers. Furthermore, the challenge to …

The development of cayenne pepper varieties can be optimized by multiple crossings,
transgressive segregant selection based on the selection index, and identification of …

Developing cultivars carrying effective resistance against destructive pathogens has
become a priority for breeders. While little is currently known about the genetic basis of …

Key message A mixed model framework was defined for QTL analysis of multiple traits
across multiple environments for a RIL population in pepper. Detection power for QTLs …

Re-sequencing permits the mining of genome-wide variations on a large scale and provides
excellent resources for the research community. To accelerate the development and …

Pepper yellow leaf curl disease (PepYLCD) caused by begomoviruses is one of the most
devastating diseases affecting pepper (Capsicum spp.) production worldwide. In our …

Yield as a complex trait may either be genetically improved directly, by identifying QTLs
contributing to yield, or indirectly via improvement of underlying components, where parents …