Re: [CH] World's hottest chile
Dave Drum (dirty_dave@chillicooks.org)
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:10:24 -0600
Brent Thompson wrote:
> The derogatory tone of "the wonder of the whole thing is that the denizens
> of the sub-continent managed a cross between..." bothers me.
No disrespect to the denizens of the sub-continent was intended. But,
I have been informed over and over again that crosses such as what was
accomplished were nearly impossible ... i.e. a cross that would breed
true and produce seed viable to reproduce the cultivar with open
pollination. That's all I meant.
> But anyway, according to the 1983 Crossability Matrix of Capsicum Species
> that I normally post every 2-3 years to this list:
>>Crossability Matrix of Capsicum Species
>> (Figure 3, Genetic Resources of Capsicum, International Board for
>> Plant Genetic Resources, 1983
>> [Crop Genetic Resources Centre, Plant Production and Protection
>> Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations])
> C. frutescens and C. chinense can cross, with resulting "F1 hybrids
> partially fertile". Although this wording has always been a bit unclear to
> me, I believe this means it is reasonable to expect these two might cross
> and create a viable line, at some probability that may be low but
> definitely not-zero.
The "partially fertile" item is what I refer to. It seems that CPI has
viable seed (I hope - I ordered some) that they are flogging in Chile
Pepper magazine.
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