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1409 Int. J. Plant Sci. 162(6):14091418. 2001. 2001 by The...
El género Capsicum, que incluye entre 20 a 30 especies, tiene su centro de origen en las regiones tropicales y subtropicales de América, probablemente en el área Bolivia-Perú, donde se han encontrado semillas de formas ancestrales de más de 7.
Annual herb; leaves alternate, simple, smooth margined; flowers small, solitary, axillary, white or greenish, 5-parted; fruit a shiny, tapered berry of various colors.
Thai Pepper - (Capsicum annuum): other varieties are grown as well, including the jalapeño, serrano, etc. The Thai peppers are very hot (hotter than the jalapeño and serrano), which does not diminish when cooked.
Many people are not aware of the ability that herbs have to alter blood glucose. For instance, Capsicum, also known as cayenne may increase the hepatic metabolism of drugs by increasing the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and adipose lipase. (3) Ephedra, recently banned in the U.S.
The flowers are gamopetalous (the petals united into a tube). Flowers open for three days on average. Under high temperature and humidity, flowers abscise (drop off) plants and this happened regardless of whether flowers were pollinated or had been fertilised (Ref. 1).
PEG reduces water availability and this situation can provoke that cells in seeds reactivate metabolism but germination will not result. Thus, the beneficial effect of osmopriming is manifested as a fast and uniform germination after PEG is removed.