Reaction of Pepper Cultivars to Pepper Veinal Mottle Potyvirus

ABSTRACT Forty-two pepper (Capsicum annuum L. and C. frutescens L.) cultivars were screened for resistance to pepper veinal mottle potyvirus over a two-year period (1997 to 1998 wet seasons) at Samaru, northern Nigeria. The cultivar ‘Tca 14’ was immune, the cultivars ‘Kenba’ and ‘Hashin burgu’ were moderately resistant, thirty-three cultivars were moderately susceptible, and six cultivars were highly susceptible. The immune and moderately resistant cultivars had characteristics that are highly valued by producers and consumers: high yield, bright yellow color when ripe, high pungency and good aroma.