Re: [CH] RE Black Pods and Ants
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 19:42:57 -0500
Byron, et al:
The black internal rot I was originally referring to was definitely mold-
associated, because I looked at it under my field 'scope. The dark seed
phenomenon he is referring to could be a case of incomplete development in my
experience, causing seeds to turn dark; similar to picking a premature serrano
and cutting it open(in 30 minutes exposure to air the seeds will be dark brown
and eventually almost black). In the cases I saw, I can't be sure of the CAUSE
of the mold, but I know it was mold.
Many thanks for digging into it with your contacts. Your searching for
information is appreciated.
Calvin
Byron wrote:
> The following is from Dr Paul Grun The Pepper expert at NCSU
>
> > Dear Byron,
> > It's not a big help to you, but they tell me the black seed
> > phenomenon is "physiological" i.e. there's not a disease organism
> involved,
> > but something in the physiology of the growing pepper. In my strains I've
> > seen it only in very small fruits. I've assumed the black seeds developed
> > abnormally and since seed development was abnormal the fruit stopped
> > growing and so was very small. It seems only to show up certain years or
> at
> > certain places and may have something to do with calcium metabolism. I've
> > not run into the ant problem, so can't help there.
>
> >Paul