Transfer of Genes for Multiple Flowers from Capsicum chinense to Capsicum annuum

Abstract

Abstract An interspecific cross between Capsicum annuum L. cv. Delray Bell which has a single flower per node, and Capsicum chinense Jacq. Plant Introduction (PI) 159236 which has multiple flowers per node, was studied. The F 1 generation was intermediate with double flowers per node. The segregating (F 2 , F 3 , and backcross) populations indicated that a few major genes controlled the double flower character, whereas additional genes were needed for the expression of multiple flower character.