Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) is a major culinary, medicinal, and economic crop in most
areas of the world. For more than hundreds of years, chile peppers have “defined” the state …

Capsaicinoids are unique compounds produced only in peppers (Capsicum spp.). Several
studies using classical quantitative trait loci (QTL s) map** and genomewide association …

Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the most important vegetable crops; however, pepper
genomic studies lag behind those of other important Solanaceae. Here we present the …

Investigating crop diversity through genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) on core
collections helps in deciphering the genetic determinants of complex quantitative traits …

Plants produce countless specialized metabolites crucial for their development and fitness,
and many are useful bioactive compounds. Capsaicinoids are intriguing genus‐specialized …

Pepper agronomic traits serve as pivotal indicators for characterizing germplasm attributes
and correlations. It is important to study differential genotypic variation through phenotypic …

The fruits of Capsicum chinense stand out with a wide diversity of sizes, colors, shapes, and
levels of pungency. Knowledge about this variability is essential for the success in species …

The most widely known characteristic of chili pepper fruits is their capacity to produce
capsaicinoids, which are responsible for the pungent sensation. The capsaicinoids have …

Key message A major QTL and candidate genes controlling capsaicinoid content in the
pericarp were identified by QTL-seq and RNA-seq in Capsicum chinense. Abstract …