2022 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 123-128
A new non-pungent sweet pepper cultivar, ‘Shishiwakamaru’, was developed. ‘Shishiwakamaru’ is a purebred cultivar selected by marker-assisted selection and continued backcross [(the sweet pepper cultivar ‘Kisyu Shishitou No. 1’ × the non-pungent sweet pepper cultivar ‘Kyohikari’) × ‘Kisyu Shishitou No. 1’]. This cultivar has the loss-of-function pun1 allele the same as that of ‘Kyohikari’. Pungent fruits were not observed at all by sensory tests. Capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin contents in the fruits were not detected at all by LC/MS. Fruit size, external appearance, and yield were almost the same as those of ‘Kisyu Shishitou No. 1’.
