The relationship of number and position of seeds to fruit size and curvature inCapsicum annuumL.

Abstract

Fruit curvature is a trait which has been little investigated by botanists and horticulturists. The degree to which a fruit is curved can be accounted for intuitively in cases where there are no physical barriers to normal fruit growth, such as obstruction by plant parts or the soil surface. The curvature of pendant, unobstructed fruit, as in the Solanaceae, has received limited discussion in the literature.