1Tianjin Kernel Vegetable Research Institute,Tianjin 300381,China;2State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation,Tianjin 300381,China;3Tianjin Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Breeding Enterprise,Tianjin 300381,China;4Vegetable Research Institute of Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Tianjin 300381,China
Abstract:‘Keluo No.5’is a new spiral pepper F1 hybrid developed by crossing‘TL-25-1’as female parent and‘TL-8-3’as male parent.This variety is of early and medium maturity.Its plant has strong growth vigor.The first flower sets on the 9-10th node.The single plant can bear about 30 fruits.Its fruit shape at the upper and lower layers are consistent.The fruit is of goat-horn shape.There are many wrinkles at its peel.The immature fruit is green in color and matured one is red in color.Its fruit is 25-30 cm in length and about 3.5 cm in width.Its pulp is about 0.35 cm in thickness.The single fruit weight is about 80 g.The VC content is 1 210 mg · kg-1 and capsaicin content is 0.18%.Its fruit tastes spicy.In fields,its resistance to anthrax,virus disease and epidemic disease was stronger than that of the contrast‘Luosijiao No.2’.It can yield about 52.5 t ·hm-2.It is suitable for cultivation in spring in protected fields in Northern China,and open fields in Southern China.