Peppers are a versatile, flavorful, and widely popular crop, used not only as a healthy food source but also for their medicinal properties. Scientists have now sequenced the genomes of key cultivated and wild pepper species, offering unprecedented insights into pepper evolution, domestication, and genetic diversity.
Peppers are a versatile, flavorful, and widely popular crop, used not only as a healthy food source but also for their medicinal properties. In a pioneering study recently published in, an international team of researchers, including scientists from the Boyce Thompson Institute, has sequenced the genomes of key cultivated and wild pepper species, offering unprecedented insights into pepper evolution, domestication, and genetic diversity.
"Our findings suggest that the pepper's domestication is more complex than previously thought," said Fei."The unique genomic regions we've identified could be significant in developing pepper varieties tailored for specific environmental conditions and those with enhanced fruit quality." "Our study provides valuable genomic resources that deepen our understanding of pepper genetics, facilitating future functional studies and greatly enhancing breeding efforts," concluded Fei.
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