Figure 5
Relationship between fruit weight, seed set and carpelloid development in Capsicum annuum genotype 'Bruinsma Wonder'. A: A positive correlation between fruit weight (in grams) and seed number up to about 100 seeds (n= 101). B: positive correlation between percentage of seedless fruit and CLS weight (closed symbols, solid line, R2 = 0.99) but not with CLS number (open symbols, dashed line, R2 = 0.17). Fruits obtained from untreated flowers (♦, ◊), emasculated flowers (●, o), or emasculated flowers that were treated with NAA (■, □) or GA 3 (▲, Δ). C-E: Positive correlation between fruit weight (excluding CLS weight) and CLS weight in fruits obtained from C: emasculated (n= 57), D: NAA treated (n= 84), or E: GA 3 treated (n= 139) flowers. Only fruits of at least 76 g were considered as parthenocarpic and were used for our analysis.