Screening Wild Pepper Germplasm for Resistance to Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri

Bacterial spot disease on peppers is caused by four species of the genus Xanthomonas. This causes black lesions not only leaves but also fruit, leading to yield and quality loss. Xanthomonas cause major outbreaks in tropical, subtropical humid continental regions worldwide. blight xanthomonads occurs both greenhouse- field-grown particularly important areas characterized hot environmental conditions. As pesticides are currently sufficiently effective control bacterial spot, development pepper varieties resistant species, including X. hortorum pv. gardneri, primary importance for sustainable production. In our research, 119 lines Capsicum baccatum from USDA ARS gene bank (Griffin, GA) MATE (Hungarian University Agriculture Life Sciences) were tested against strains gardneri under greenhouse Four accessions wild C. appeared be seven trials. The genotypes identified this study can used resistance pyramidation different spotted pepper.