THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME PEPPER GENOTYPES IN SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN OLTENIA

Abstract

The pepper genotypes taken in the study (Bogdan, Ișalnița 85V, L-28 and L-15) were subjected to an analysis of the variability of the main quantitative characteristics of the fruit (fruit weight, fruit height and diameter, pericarp thickness, shape index, number of seminal lobes, peduncle length and diameter). The registered biometric data were statistically processed, calculating for each analyzed character the mean (x̄), the standard deviation (s), the coefficient of variability (s%), the range of variability (k = x̄ ± s) and the frequency of individuals in the range of variability (f%).The statistical analysis of the recorded data showed that the four pepper genotypes are uniform in terms of the variability of the main characters, the coefficient of variability having medium and small values for most of the analyzed characters, and represent a valuable material for the improvement of this species in the conditions of sandy soils in the south of Oltenia.