Patent ID: 8022278

Claim:
A method for transferring one or more genetic traits from a purple-flowered Capsicum pubescens species plant comprising said one or more genetic traits, to a white-flowered Capsicum chinense, Capsicum annuum or a hybrid species plant thereof, said method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a first hybrid plant comprising said one or more genetic traits by crossing a first purple-flowered Capsicum pubescens species plant comprising said one or more genetic traits with a second purple-flowered Capsicum eximium species plant; (b) preparing a second hybrid plant by crossing said first hybrid plant with a first white-flowered Capsicum frutescens species plant; (c) crossing said second hybrid plant with said first purple-flowered Capsicum pubescens species plant to produce first progeny plants, and selecting from the first progeny plants those that comprise said one or more genetic traits; and (d) preparing a third hybrid plant by crossing the first progeny plants comprising said one or more genetic traits obtained in step (c) with a second white-flowered Capsicum chinense, Capsicum annuum or a hybrid species plant thereof to produce second progeny plants, and selecting the third hybrid plant from the second progeny plants comprising said one or more genetic traits.