METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE GENETIC TRAITS FROM A PLANT OF THE PURPLE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES TO A PLANT OF THE WHITE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES
The present invention relates to a white-flowered Capsicum annuum plant, comprising a gene encoding the bacterial spot disease resistance protein 4 (Bs4), wherein the gene is derived from a purple-flowered Capsicum species plant and the gene conveys resistance to a bacterial spot pathogen disease caused by Xanthomanas campestris pv. vesicatoria. The invention also relates to a white-flowered Capsicum annuum plant, comprising a gene encoding the bacterial spot disease resistance protein 4 (Bs4), wherein the plant is resistant to bacterial spot pathogen disease caused by Xanthomanas campestris pv. vesicatoria race I, II, III, IV, and VI. The invention further relates to a seed that produces a white-flowered Capsicum annuum plant, comprising a gene encoding Bs4, and pepper fruit produced by a white-flowered Capsicum annuum plant, comprising a gene encoding Bs4.
