‘NuMex Odyssey’, a New Mexico–type Green Chile Pepper for Mechanical Harvest

Abstract

The New Mexico State University (NMSU) Agricultural Experiment Station announces the release of ‘NuMex Odyssey’, a New Mexican–type chile pepper (Capsicum annuum) cultivar that is efficient for mechanical harvest of green fruit. This cultivar is an open-pollinated New Mexican fruit type for green chile pepper processing. ‘NuMex Odyssey’ was developed with an emphasis on traits critical for efficient mechanical harvest with an inclined double-helix–type picking mechanism. Such traits include a high percentage of plants with single stems and increased height to fruit set (main bifurcation). ‘NuMex Odyssey’ possesses traditional New Mexican green chile pepper flavor, low heat, and