Excavations at Guilá Naquitz and Silvia's Cave, two dry rockshelters near Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico, yielded the remains of 122 chili peppers dating to the period A.D. 600-1521. The chilies can be assigned to at least 10 cultivars, all belonging to the species Capsicum annuum or Capsicum frutescens. The specimens are well enough preserved to permit an evaluation of the criteria used to separate wil...

Availability of complete plastid genomes of ten solanaceous species, Atropa belladonna, Capsicum annuum, Datura stramonium, Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana tabacum, Nicotiana tomentosiformis, Nicotiana undulata, Solanum bulbocastanum, Solanum lycopersicum, and Solanum tuberosum provided us with an opportunity to conduct their in silico comparative analysis in depth. The size of complete chlorop...

En la región de Península Yucatán, México, el chile dulce (Capsicum annuum L.) es un criollo no picoso parecido a pimiento morrón chico que se utiliza para condimentar platillos regionales. Ya en una misma planta posible encontrar frutos diferentes estados maduración, dificulta definir momento adecuado cosecha obtención semilla alta calidad fisiológica.
 El mantenimiento las semillas dentr...