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Black Pepper
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) probably originated less than 10 MYA (Miocene epoch), coinciding with the intensification of the monsoon climate in...
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Curry Leaf, Bilimbi, Carambola, Indian Tree Pepper, and Wild Mango
Tree spices are a unique group due to their perennial nature, large canopy size, and multiple uses than other spices. They have enormous potential as...
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Diseases of Black Pepper and Cardamom
Among the spice crops cultivated in India, black pepper (Piper nigrum) and cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) can be considered as important ones....
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MAPKK CsSTE7 is critical for appressorium formation and pathogenicity in pepper anthracnose fungus, Colletotrichum scovillei
Colletotrichum scovillei , a member of the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex, causes severe anthracnose of pepper fruit, reducing yield and...
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Mutation Breeding Research in Sweet Pepper
Sweet pepper is delicious, loved, and an increasingly popular nutritional vegetable that is grown and produced in significant amounts throughout the...
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Involvement of oxidative stress in localization of bacterial spot infection in pepper plants
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria is a major cause of bacterial spot disease in various crops. The present study was focused on the pathosystem pepper ( Capsic...
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Non-random distribution of maax pepper plants (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum L.) in Mayan homegardens: impact on plant size, fruit yield and viral diseases
Homegardens are complex agroforestry systems with a multilayered vertical structure and a horizontal structure with different uses and management...
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Galangal, Caper, Indian Borage, Long Pepper, Pomegranate, and Poppy Seed
This chapter presents brief discussions on six spices, namely galangal (Alpinia galangal), caper (Capparis spinosa), Indian borage (Plectranthus...
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Cryopreservation of Pollen Grains of Hot Pepper
Cryopreservation is a safe and practical alternative to germplasm curators or plant breeders for genetic improvement, conserving important allele,...
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Genetic insights into pepper-bark tree (Warburgia salutaris) reproduction in South Africa
Genetic diversity in over-exploited and threatened species has important, but often neglected, implications for conservation. In South Africa, the...
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Pepper immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum is positively regulated by CaWRKY3 through modulation of different WRKY transcription factors
BackgroundSeveral WRKY transcription factors (TFs), including CaWRKY6 , CaWRKY22 , CaWRKY27 , and CaWRKY40 are known to govern the resistance of pepper...
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Characterization of a Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Gene 12: Gene Silencing in Pepper and Arabidopsis-Based Overexpression During Abiotic Stress
Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip) proteins are important ubiquitous and diverse molecular chaperones in plants. We characterized a gene CaATHB-12 ...
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Evaluation of biochemical responses in pepper genotypes inoculated with Pepper leaf curl virus
Pepper leaf curl virus (PepLCV), a whitefly transmitted Begomovirus is a serious threat to chilli production. Resistant and susceptible genotypes...
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Screening of Urfa pepper landraces for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita
The root-knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp . ) are significant pathogens that affect the yield and fruit quality in pepper cultivars ( Capsicum spp.). Meloi...
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Advances in Chilli Pepper (Capsicum spp.) Improvement Using Modern Genetic Tools
The chilli peppers (Capsicum spp.) constitute an economically important group of crops consumed worldwide for their pungent and non-pungent fruits....
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Inheritance of androgenesis response in pepper
BackgroundAnther culture has become an important part of pepper breeding. Response to haploidy via androgenesis is highly genotype-specific. However,...
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Screening of resistance to geminivirus and whitefly in pepper
Pepper yellow leaf curl disease, caused by the Pepper yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus (PepYLCIV), is a major problem in chili pepper production. The...
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How plant and insect host characteristics affect pepper weevil Anthonomus eugenii parasitism efficacy by the pteromalid Jaliscoa hunteri
The pepper weevil Anthonomus eugenii (Cano) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an economically important pest of both field and greenhouse pepper crops, Ca...
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Fine map** and gene silencing pinpoint Capana10g002229 as a strong candidate gene regulating the deciduous character of ripe pepper fruit (Capsicum spp.)
Key messageThe pepper S locus, which controls the deciduous character of ripe fruit, was first fine mapped into an interval with a physical length...
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Identification and expression characteristics of NLP (NIN-like protein) gene family in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
BackgroundPepper ( Capsicum annum L.) is the main crop in the vegetable industry. The growth and development of peppers are regulated by nitrate, but...
