Do you think a Capsicum frutescens x Jaltomata herrerae Hybrid Possible?

[Nosari7Viper]

Do you think a Capsicum frutescens x Jaltomata herrerae Intergeneric Hybrid is Possible?

[Galatians522]

I could be wrong, but I think its highly unlikely. Even many Capsicum do not produce fertile seed from hybridization.

[Nosari7Viper]

Thank You Extremely much for telling me.

[Rob From Sydney]

I strongly doubt that would work. I just reckon the two species are too far apart genetically.
Maybe Jaltomata Herrerae X Physalis Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry) could work.

[Nosari7Viper]

Thank you Very Very much for telling me.

[nofspeppers]

Like Galatians said, even hybridizing within Capsicums is difficult. Here's a chart most people use when trying to make new hybrids. There are extremely rare times when you can get viable seeds outside of this chart but those are like winning the lottery.

[Galatians522]

Like Galatians said, even hybridizing within Capsicums is difficult. Here's a chart most people use when trying to make new hybrids. There are extremely rare times when you can get viable seeds outside of this chart but those are like winning the lottery.

That is an awesome chart. It looks like C. chinense is the centrally located species for the white flowered group (having the best general compatibility with the other speciesl. I had suspected this based on a research paper where it was used to transfer genes to C. annuum from C. baccatum.

[nofspeppers]

Yeah even with the chart, its frustrated me a lot trying to transfer over the calyx bleeding trait of some chinenses and the dark/purple/var. foiliage of some annuums into a baccatum. I feel like the cross species is always more difficult even though the chart says its not too bad with some combos

[Galatians522]

I think they call that genetic dissonance. Basically, we want to introduce a particular trait to a species that doesn't have it, but its more difficult to transfer because the gene is so much different that the new species doesn't know what to do with it.