Abstract:
On the basis of crossbreeding, a new variety of pepper ‘Liangyou No.8’ with stable and consistent agronomic traits was obtained, which was hybridized between X8M as female parent and X8F as male parent belonged to stable self-inbred lines.‘Liangyou No.8’,bears some merits, such as steady growth, tall plant type, uniform branches, straight smooth fruit shape, strong disease resistance, high yield, excellent commodity nature and uniform fruit size.Besides its sarcocarp is up to 6-7 cm in diameter, 0.05 cm in thickness and 3 in number of ventricle; the average single fruit weight is 150 g; and the large fruit weight can reach 300 g.The content of vitamin C and capsaicin are 89.8 mg·(100g)
-1,9.8 mg·kg
-1 respectively.It has acquired the national non-major crop variety registration in April 2018.At present, in early spring or later autumn suitably, it has been extended and planted in Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, and Yunnan, in which the whole areas have reached 1 956 hm~2.