New Challenges in Hungarian Spice Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Improvement and Cultivation

摘要

In Hungary, spice pepper is in a special situation, growing spice pepper isa tradition in the southern part of Hungary and in this region many families and medium-sized farms depend on spice pepper production. Spice pepper powder is an essential partof Hungarian cuisine, for example in, Hungarian goulash, fish soup or other traditional dishes. Furthermore, the effect of spice pepper can be found in the folk art, for instance in the Kalocsai motifs. Spice pepper red powder is as close to the nationalidentity of Hungarians as white bread or red and white wines, for example, Egri bikaver, Tokaji aszu (Fig. 1). At last, this crop plant belongs to the Hungarian life, symbols, in short, to the Hungarian feeling.