GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF F2 POPULATIONS OBTAINED THROUGH DOUBLE AND THREE-WAY CROSSES IN CAYENNE PEPPERS

The enhancement in cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) productivity is intently needed due to the ever-increasing demand, considered a vital vegetable commodity with complete nutrition and high economic value Indonesia. Conventional plant breeding one of strategies produce superior cultivars increased yield. Thus, latest research aimed identify genetic diversity gene inheritance patterns for selecting high-yielding F2 populations made through double three-way crosses. said employed an augmented design combined randomized block as environmental design. factors consisted non-repeating lines limited number seeds originating from 10 parental populations. resulting 100 52 F22 individual populations, obtained crosses, respectively, were evaluated comparison four control cultivars, i.e., Bara, Dewata, Ungara, Katokkon. non-repeated rows, divided into five blocks, included planted repeatedly each block. results indicated that almost all traits have heritability potential use selection criteria. habitus (0.135), stem diameter (0.202), productive branches (0.359), fruit weight (0.171) direct utmost influence on yield compared other traits; thus, these promising can serve criteria along