Co-Authors:
Shifriss, C., The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Zacks, J., The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Goldman, A., The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Abstract:
Previous reports on the inheritance of fruit dimensions in Capsicum suggested two contradictory views: independent inheritance of individual dimensions vs inheritance of a 'shape index', i.e., length/width ratio. The F2 of a cross between parent lines that differed in fruit size and weight but had similar shape indices exhibited intermediate dominance in fruit weight and in fruit width for small size. The correlation between fruit shape (as measured by the length to width ratio) and fruit weight in the F2 was small and not significantly different from zero. The two variables, fruit width and fruit length, accounted for 90% of the variation in fruit weight. Apparently one can select for fruit weight in the F2 independently of fruit shape. © 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers.