Fruit selection of NS tomato-shaped pepper lines

Abstract

Pepper is one of the most important vegetable species in Serbia. The use of pepper fruits is very often determined by their type. Tomato-shaped pepper is a fruit type suitable for the pickle processing industry because of its thick pericarp. In this study, several lines of light-yellow tomato-shaped peppers were evaluated in the open field with the aim to develop new variety with appropriate fruit characteristics and without anthocyanin colouration. Eight of selected lines originated from two crosses while two lines originated from variety Novosađanka. Fruit weight, fruit length, fruit width, fruit index, pericarp thickness, number of locules, and Brix were measured in technological maturity. According to the obtained data, lines 17 and 24 will be used for further selection process. Line 17 was chosen because of the highest pericarp thickness and high fruit weight and line 24 because of the high content of total soluble solids.

Paprika je jedna od najvažnijih povrtarskih vrsta u Srbiji. Upotreba plodova paprike je vrlo često određena tipom ploda. Paradajz paprika se dosta koristi za industrijsku preradu zbog debelog perikarpa, a i kao svež plod u salatama. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se ispita nekoliko linija paradajz paprika svetložute boje koje su gajene na otvorenom polju. U tehnološkoj zrelosti mereni su: masa ploda, dužina ploda, širina ploda, indeks ploda, debljina perikarpa, broj komora i suva materija. Prema dobijenim podacima, za dalji proces selekcije koristiće se linije 17 i 24. Linija 17 zbog najveće debljine perikarpa i mase ploda, a linija 24 zbog većeg sadržaja suve materije.