major pungent component in fruits of CZTpsium, has been reported to increase the catecholamine secretioni) and energy expenditure2) and suppress body fat accumulation by long-term treatment3} in experimental animal studies. Although hot peppers and capsaicin may be used in a diet therapy for obesity, their usage as a food additive or a drug is limited by its strong pungency and nociceptive acti...

major pungent component in fruits of CZTpsium, has been reported to increase the catecholamine secretioni) and energy expenditure2) and suppress body fat accumulation by long-term treatment3} in experimental animal studies. Although hot peppers and capsaicin may be used in a diet therapy for obesity, their usage as a food additive or a drug is limited by its strong pungency and nociceptive acti...

EPPER vein-banding virus causes a troublesome disease of cultivated peppers I? (Capsicum spp.) in Puerto Rico (ADSUAR 1940) and in Trinidad. A rather similar disease occurs in Hawaii ( KIKUTA 1947). Serological investigations (PEREZ and ADSUAR 1955) indicate that the virus responsible for the West Indian disease is a strain of potato virus Y. In Trinidad, DALE (1954) found that three distinct s...

N the course of some research on peppers, Capsicum annum (SMITH and I HELSER 1951 ) , conducted at the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California, several striking, heritable fruit characters were noted. Upon further analysis, a chromosome linkage was found to exist between two immature-fruit color genes and a gene determining pepper fruit shape. In addition the fruit shape difference bet...

Growers in Georgia first noted problems in their peppers and onions during the last week of March 1989. Thrips populations combined with further field symptoms and the verification of the disease triggered a massive insecticide spray program in Georgia. Monitor was first used in early May followed by combinations of Orthene, Cygon and Thiodan. Most fields had less than 1% infection prompting a ...