Method for obtaining fruits of the genus Capsicum with improved taste and increased nutritional value.

摘要

Method for increasing the content of sucrose and ascorbic acid fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum, comprising: - selecting a parent plant of the genus Capsicum comprising a recessive y allele, and selecting a parent plant of the genus Capsicum comprising a recessive cl allele ; and - using the selected parent plants to provide plants of the genus Capsicum comprising two recessive alleles and two recessive cl alleles; wherein selection of a parent plant of the genus Capsicum comprising a recessive y allele comprises detecting, using molecular biological methods, a polymorphism in the capsanthin gene-capsorubin synthase (CSS).