Evaluation location: California, United States
Evaluation for resistance to Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Accessions from the pepper core collection were evaluated for resistance to two isolates (VdCa59 and VdCf45) of V. dahliae. Screening of the accessions was performed in a greenhouse. Eight accessions (Grif 9073, PI 281396, PI 281397, PI 438666, PI 439292, PI 439297, PI 555616, and PI 594125) were resistant to both Verticillium wilt isolates. Two of the Capsicum annuum accessions (Grif 9073 and PI 439297) were also resistant to Phytophthora root rot disease.