Rubin: New Bulgarian red pepper variety for grinding

Abstract

The new variety for grinding was bred at the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The plants form mid-high about 60 cm indeterminate bush with 20 -21 cm long stem, 2 - 3 comparatively well-leafed branches and on average 16 red fruits. Rubin differed by the pendant fruits and easier picking from the other two Bulgarian varieties Gorogled 6 and Buketen 50. The fruit length was on average 9-11 cm, the diameter-approximately 2 cm and the fruit weight is on average 14 g. Rubin exceeds in dry matter yield Gorogled 6 and Buketen 50 by 54 % and 111%, respectively. The dry matter content at the optimal harvesting term was about 25 % and the pigments were 170 - 220 ASTA. The new variety did not differ in total pigment content from Gorogled 6 and Buketen 50.

Keywords

• pepper
• Capsicum annuum L.
• morphological characters
• yield
• dry matter
• pigments
• variation