RESEARCH: SUPER DWARF
CULTIVAR STUDIES: PEPPER |
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We have identified an excellent super-dwarf pepper cultivar for
controlled environment research. 'Triton' is 20-cm tall, flowers in 25
days, and produces large (5-8 cm long) fruit. We are continuing to
characterize the unique growth and development responses of 'Triton'.
Triton' was developed by
the Dutch seed company Royal Sluis and released in 1978. Royal
Sluis no longer sells this pepper and no longer maintains a seed
supply. 'Triton' was last sold in the U.S. in 1992 by Thompson
and Morgan Seed Company. There is no commercial source for this
seed.
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GENERAL INFO / RECOMMENDED CULTURAL CONDITIONS:
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HEIGHT:
LIFE CYCLE:
TEMPERATURE:
PPF:
PHOTOPERIOD:
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25 cm tall
flowering: ~25 days (longer in low light)
30 °C
100 to 1500 μmol m-2 s-1
20-h
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ABSTRACTS:
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Pepper
Cultivar Evaluation: Preliminary
Search for Dwarf Bell and
Hot Peppers
Jonathan Frantz, J. Robinson, and B. Bugbee
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INTRODUCTION Dwarf cultivars of different species are useful when conducting research in
space-limited areas. Short cultivars of many crop species like wheat
and rice have been characterized. Height, earliness, and taste are
all important components in selecting salad-crop cultivars. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate pepper cultivars for use in
research.
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Yield is proportional to light
absorption, but maximum light cannot always be supplied to crops in
either space station production settings or in teaching situations.
It is therefore important to determine how crops grow in light-limited
conditions. ‘Triton’ pepper was grown in a greenhouse under different
amounts of shade cloth to provide approximately 1.5, 3, 11, 17, and 20
mol m-2 d-1 of light until peppers began to
dessicate on the plant.
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