Caracterização agronômica e físico-química de linhagens de pimenta (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)

Abstract

The consumption of peppers from the genus Capsicum has been increasing in Brazil and worldwide, being considered a promising market for the Brazilian agribusiness, involving various sectors from the agribusiness. The market stimulus has encouraged the search for new cultivars with different characteristics and qualities for consumers and producers. To develop new cultivars, the characterization of lines from Germplasm Banks is important for future pepper breeding programs belonging to the genus Capsicum. Thus, the present work was developed in order to carry out the agronomic characterization of F6 pepper lines. The experiment was conducted in a protected environment in a randomized block design, with 3 replications, 4 plants per plot and 14 treatments, including the commercial varieties Biquinho and Tui, and the F1 hybrid Maria Bonita, used as a control. The analyses were performed based on quantitative criteria and qualitative descriptors, as well as physicochemical and sensory analyses for the characteriza