Research Articles
WANG Sheng,JIA Li,TANG Jing,LI Haoyu,SONG Tingting,YUAN Juanwei,YAN Congsheng,FANG Ling,ZHANG Qian,SUN Yujun,JIANG Haikun,SUN Xueliang,ZHANG Tao
This study identified a nuclear male sterile pepper line showing male sterility and parthenocarpy characteristics, and the agronomic traits and parthenocarpy fruit setting rate of the material were determined, and the parthenocarpy of the sterile line at different developmental stages and the parthenocarpy of the fertile line were determined for endogenous hormones. In addition, the genetic segregation of F2 population was analyzed by field identification and microscopic examination, and the fertility segregation ratio of the population was analyzed by using the molecular markers developed by pepper nuclear male sterile genes ms-3, msw, ms, msms and msc-1.The results showed the vertical and horizontal diameters of the parthenocarpy fruit of the sterile line were larger, and the fruit setting rate of the fertile line and the sterile line was significantly different. The fruit setting rate of the fertile line was 22 %, and the fruit setting rate of the sterile line was 43%. The GA4 (gibberellin) content in the parthenocarpic fruit of the sterile line in different periods was significantly higher than that of the fertile line. There are 97 fertile lines and 30 sterile lines in the F2 population,with a separation ratio of 3.23 : 1,which is consistent with the Mendelian inheritance law. It showsd that its fertility was controlled by a recessive single gene. We named the nuclear male sterile line of pepper as GMS702AB. This study provides a new nuclear male sterile line valuable in pepper breeding and seed production.