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IDENTIFICATION OF CLIMATE RESILIENT HOT PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUM L.) GENOTYPE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH YIELDING CULTIVARS

. Muhammad Amin, Gulfam Riasat, Zaid Mustafa, Muhammad Kashif Raza, Muhammad Shakeel Nawaz, Aziz Ullah, Muhammad Faraz Anwar, Muhammad Abdullah & Muhammad Kashif Iqbal


Abstract

Climate change present a formidable challenge to the cultivation of hot pepper (Capsicum annum L.), profoundly impacting not only vegetative growth but also leading to flower and fruit abscission, thereby causing a significant reduction in yield. An experiment was conducted at Vegetable Research Institute Faisalabad to identify climate resilient genotype. Ten different genotypes was evaluate at two different date of sowing normal and late with difference of one month. The Results indicated that genotype VRIHP006 had highest plant height, primary branches, leaf length, leaf width, canopy temperature, NDVI value, chlorophyll contents which supports to produce high number of fruits yield per plant, average fruit weight and 100 seed weight. The studies indicated that selection of genotypes under climate stress environment for morphological and physiological traits can help in developing high yielding genotypes. The genotypes VRIHP006 and VRIHP004 can be used in further breeding program.

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