State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Organization

Hazera Genetics Ltd.

Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center

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Joseph Kanner

Arieh Levy

Michal Barzilai

Rina Granit

Nissim Yonash

Serge Benarous

Alon Haberfeld

The present invention provides pepper plants having edible fruit with altered vitamin content, specifically fruit comprising an elevated content of vitamin E, further comprising at least one of an elevated content of pro-vitamin A, an elevated content of vitamin C and combinations thereof. The concentration of vitamin E is at least 5 mg/100 g fresh weight, and the plants are selected to be lacking molecular markers linked to undesirable traits.

Pepper plants having fruit with altered vitamin content

Paprika cultivars being characterized by fruits having total carotenoids content higher than 10 mg/g dry fruit weight and a branching pattern suitable for mechanical harvesting and methods and systems generating same.

Carotenoids rich paprika cultivars

Growing community of inventors

Rehovot, Israel

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