Studies on genetic variability of Capsicum frutescens var. Cakra Hijau induced by ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) using SSR marker

Abstract

Pepper (Capsicum sp.) is an economically important crop belonging to the Solanaceae family. The genus Capsicum has five domesticated species (C. annuum, C. frutescens, C. chinense, C. pubescence, and C. baccatum) of which C. annuum and C. frutescens the two most widely cultivated species worldwide [1,2]. Besides, C. frutescens consists of many cultivars but Cakra Hijau is one of which has been popular to be planted in Indonesia by the high resistance of several pests, as well as air and insect-borne diseases [3]. However, the systematic position of that cultivar remains in doubt, and information available based on the previous statement is confined only in morphological and agronomic traits which leads to the C. frutescens belonging cultivar. In aftermath of lack of database, it may enable the plant breeders who intend to produce a distinct breed from two cultivars in one species yet prevention of gene flow among species may happen to offspring sterility [4].