Growth and yield response of hot peppers in the US Virgin Islands
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Studies were conducted to assess the response of hot pepper cultivars for yield and quality in the local soil and climatic conditions of the US Virgin Islands. Seven cultivars namely `Ring of Fire’, `Compadre’, `Camino Real’, `Jalapeno M’, `Caribbean Red’, `Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax’, and `Aguila Real’ were tested in the field.Significant differences were observed in cultivars for marketable fruit weight, marketable yield, and number of fruits. `Hungarian Yellow Wax’ was the first cultivar harvested (60days) and `Caribbean Red’ observed late maturity (80 days) among the seven cultivars tested. `Compadre’ produced the highest total marketable yield (1215.83g/plant). `Caribbean Red’ produced lowest marketable yield (129.53g/plant) in given number of harvests and time. `Camino Real’ produced highest number of marketable fruits (230/plant) and `Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax’ produced lowest number of marketable fruits (37/plant). `Compadre’ fruits were biggest (43.62gm) and `Ring of Fire’ was smallest (5.16gm) in fruit weight. Results of scoville heat unit test (pungency) of fresh peppers showed that `Caribbean Red’ is hottest peppers (24,289 heat units) among all while `Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax’ (581 heat units) was mildestone. No serious pests and disease incidence was recorded during whole growing season. Overall results indicated that all varieties showed good adaptability and were rated as good or excellent in disease tolerance, yield and quality.
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