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Crosses were made among a permanent white accession of pepper, genetically yyc1c1c2c2 and parents having the following mature fruit color: orange, orange-yellow, lemon-yellow, permanent green and brown. The F2 and BC generations from these combinations were studied and several models of inheritance were suggested. The discrepancies between the present findings and previous studies were considered, with an emphasis on the inheritance of the white color.
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Shifriss, C., Pilovsky, M. Studies of the inheritance of mature fruit color in Capsicum annuum L.. Euphytica 60, 123–126 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029667
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029667