Abstract:

‘Zhenyuan 1’is a new pepper cultivar of high quality derived from DH lines culture after cross breeding of different individual plants of Zhangshugang pepper. It is early maturing，with weak plant growth，low fruiting node，early strong fruit setting and fast fruit growing. The fruit is small horn type，its length and fruit diameter are 11-13 cm and 3.0 cm. The single fruit is about 20 g. The fruit skin is slightly wrinkled，the colors of unripe fruit and ripe fruit are green and red. It is thin skin，tasting crisp and pungent with good flavor，its average yield is 21 750.0 kg · hm^-2. It is resistant to pepper phytophthora blight，anthracnose and moderately resistant to sunburn and viruses，suitable for fresh market or processing use. It is also suitable for planting in open field or greenhouse in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River in spring and summer or Hainan Province in winter.

Key words: pepper, early maturity, superior quality, cultivar