Inheritance of Clusterness and Fruit Orientation in Chilli (Capsicum Annuum L.)

In a hybridization programme involving four chilli lines, Jwala, Pant C-l, CA 33 and CA 23, their F₁, F₂, BC₁, and BC₂ generations were evaluated to study the inheritance of clusterness, and fruit orientation. Clusterness was found to be monogenic recessive to solitary fruiting habit. The genotype of the clustered accession CA 33 is proposed as cl₁cl₁. The upright fruit orientation is controlled by two recessive genes in relation to pendulous condition. Genes up, and up₂ operate with specific dominant and recessive epistasis for the control of upright fruit.