Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Thomas C Osborn

Brian J Just

Carl Joseph Braun, Iii

Carl Martin Jones

Graeme S Garvey

Joel M Kniskern

Eva King-Fan Chan

Jonathan R Mein

Petrus M J A Van Poppel

Iii Braun Carl Joseph

Petrus Van Poppel

Eva King Fan Chan

Carl Joseph Iii Braun

Petrus MJA Van Poppel

The invention provides methods and compositions for breeding pepper (sp. such as) lines, including isogenic and nearly isogenic lines, displaying one or more mature fruit color(s) of interest. Predictive genetic markers and associated sequences and primers, associated with phenotypic diversity at the Ccs locus encoding Capsanthin-Capsorubin Synthase, and the Ze locus encoding Zeaxanthin Epoxidase are also provided, as well as methods for breeding pepper lines. Further provided are pepper plants, and plant parts including seeds, seed mixtures, fruit, and packaged fruit, which display mature fruit color(s) of interest.

Selection of mature fruit color in pepper plants

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Kirkwood, MO, United States of America

Thomas C Osborn