Amfora: A new pepper cultivar

Abstract

Pepper is one of the leading vegetable crops both in terms of the acreage sown and the range of uses. It gives high returns per unit area regardless of whether it is grown for seed or consumption. In view of the conditions and requirements of pepper production, consumption and processing, breeding is focused on the development of high-yielding varieties of a certain type, color and shape that are suitable for particular methods of growing and utilization. Breeding work carried out at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad has produced the following pepper varieties: bell pepper (Novosadska Bela Babura, Buketna 1, Atina, Anita and Vranjska), semi-bell pepper (Matica), tomato pepper (Novosađanka), elongated pepper (Una), and longum pepper (Krunica (sweet), Plamena (slightly hot)). A new elongated variety called Amfora was released in 2001, too. In a three-year study, it proved superior in terms of its morphological characteristics and had a 32% higher average yield of the physiologically mature fruit than the standard. The results achieved by this variety provide a realistic basis for its successful commercial growing.

Paprika spada u vodeće povrtarske kulture. U Jugoslaviji se gaji na oko 25.000 ha. Specifičnosti vrste a i zahtevi tržišta sa jedne strane i klimatski uslovi sa druge strane, određuju rad na oplemenjivanju paprike. Imajući to u vidu proizilaze i pravci u selekciji i to: stvaranje pre svega sorti u tipu babure, kapije, turšijare, paradajz-paprike, šipke, feferone, žute, bele ili zelene boje ploda u tehnološkoj zrelosti, za proizvodnju u poljskim uslovima i zaštićenom prostoru a za različite vidove upotrebe.U oplemenjivanju se posebno obraća pažnja na stvaranje sorti dobrog kvaliteta ploda i to kako kvantitativnih tako i kvalitativnih osobina. U ovom radu date su glavne karakteristike novostvorene sorte paprike, amfora, priznate od strane savezne komisije u 2001. godini.