I-New Mexico ingomunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu be-chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) e-United States, ngamathani angu-51,000 okukhiqiza ngo-2021 kusukela endaweni engamahektha angu-8500 ngokukhiqiza okuphakathi kwamathani angu-6 / amahektare ngokusho koMnyango Wezolimo wase-US. Isevisi Yezibalo Zezolimo. Isilinganiso sokukhiqiza sehle ngo-25% njengoba indawo etshalwe ekukhiqizeni upelepele we-chile isalokhu injalo. Lokhu kuholele ekwehleni kwemisebenzi yezomnotho cishe ngo-10% ngo-2020 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, isuka ku-$50.1 million yaya ku-$44.9 million. Lokhu kwehla okuphawulekayo ekukhiqizweni okuphelele kukapelepele we-chile esifundazweni kugqugquzele ososayensi emizamweni emisha yesimanje ehloselwe ukusheshisa ukuzuza kwezakhi zofuzo kanye nokwenza ngcono ukukhiqiza ohlelweni lwe-NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding and Genetics ngokuhlola izici ezihlukene ezihlobene nesivuno kanye namandla okukhiqiza kusetshenziswa izinga eliphezulu. amathuluzi e-phenotyping we- throughput afana ne-Tomato Analyzer (TA).
Izakhiwo zezithelo kanye nezici ezihlobene ne-morphology ziphakathi kwezinto ezinquma ukuhlukahluka kwezithelo futhi zinegalelo elikhulu ekukhiqizeni nasekukhiqizeni amandla kupelepele we-chile. Besebenzisa isofthiwe ye-TA, ososayensi baqoqa idatha ngeqoqo lezici zezithelo okuhlanganisa umjikelezo wezithelo, izinkomba zomumo, usayizi, kanye ne-asymmetry eqoqweni lemigqa ehlukahlukene kapelepele we-chile ehlolwe ngaphansi kwezimo zokukhula zaseNew Mexico.
Abacwaningi bahlose ukuveza izinhlobo eziyi-105 ze-genotypes yephaneli yokuhlukahluka kwe-Capsicum ehlanganisa izitshalo, imigqa yokuzalanisa, i-landrace, kanye izinhlobo zasendle okuyingxenye yezinhlobo eziyi-12 ezihlukene ze-pod (isithelo), zezincazelo ezingama-32 ze-morphometric TA. Ukuhlaziywa kweqoqo le-hierarchical kuqoqe ama-genotypes aba amaqoqo ayisishiyagalombili ngokusekelwe kuzichazi ze-TA. Izilinganiso eziyisisekelo—okungukuthi, i-perimeter, indawo, ububanzi obuphakathi kobude, ububanzi obukhulu, ubude obuphakathi nendawo, ukuphakama okuphezulu, nobude obugobile— kwakuyizincazelo ezibandlulula kakhulu ezinomnikelo omkhulu ekubunjweni kwesithelo sisonke.
Ukusebenziseka kwezichazi ze-morphometric TA, okunzima ukuzikala ngokusebenzisa i-phenotyping evamile, kubonisiwe. Izinhlobo eziningi zezitshalo ezinokwakheka kwesithelo esifiselekayo kanye ne-morphology esekelwe ekuhlaziyweni kweqoqo kwanconywa njengemigqa yabazali ukuze kuhlanganiswe ukuze kuthuthukiswe isivuno ezinhlelweni zokuzalanisa upelepele. Imiphumela esebenzisa i-TA yokulinganisa izici ezihlobene nezithelo izohlinzeka ngesisekelo ucwaningo lobudlelwano be-genome-wide kanye nokukhethwa kwe-genomic kwemikhiqizo kanye nezici ezinikela ngesivuno kupelepele omusha we-chile wase-Mexican.