EVALUATION OF BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. VAR. GROSSUM SENDT.) GENOTYPES FOR QUALITY TRAITS IN MODIFIED NATURALLY VENTILATED POLYHOUSE

摘要

The present investigation conducted with objective to assess the quality traits among fifteen genotypes traits viz., Ascorbic acid content (mg/lOOg), capsaicin content (%), chlorophyll content (mg/lOOg) and dry matter (%). Mean sum of squares due to genotypes were significant for all the traits except dry matter. Study revealed that for Ascorbic Acid content, Orobelle Fl hybrid (111.97 mg/100 g) followed by Bomby Fl hybrid (106.20 mg/100 g) were promising. Whereas, for capsaicin content (%), BachataFl hybrid (0.038%) and Indam Mamatha Fl hybrid (0.056 %) found were promising. Indam Mamatha Fl hybrid (13.30 mg/100 g) had maximum chlorophyll content. In fact, lower capsaicin, high ascorbic acid content and chlorophyll content are desirable biochemical attributes and in the present study hybrids Orobelle and Bomby for ascorbic acid content, Indam Mamatha and Bachata for chlorophyll content and hybrids Bachata and Indam Mamatha for low capsaicin content offer promise.