Owing to frequent heavy rain due to abnormal weather, the occurrence of pepper anthracnose has
recently increased, which affects the supply and demand of pepper. As a result, the price of red pepper powder
in 2011, for example, increased three times...
Owing to frequent heavy rain due to abnormal weather, the occurrence of pepper anthracnose has
recently increased, which affects the supply and demand of pepper. As a result, the price of red pepper powder
in 2011, for example, increased three times compared to the average year. Although anthracnose of pepper
plants has been controlled by fungicides until now, it is important to develop new resistant cultivars
because of the reduction of the labor force in rural area and occurrence of new anthracnose strains resistant
to fungicides. National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science developed two pepper lines, ‘Wonye
100005’ and ‘Wonye 100006’ that are resistant to pepper anthracnose. These lines were developed by continuous
selection of progenies from a cross between ‘Wonye AR1’, which were developed from interspecific
hybridization and ‘TF68’. The anthracnose resistance level of the two lines was higher than that of commercial
cultivars and similar to check varieties showing highest level of anthracnose resistance.