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1Respectively, Senior Research Specialist and Regents Professor/Director, Chile Pepper Institute,
New Mexico State University.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
The Chile Cultivars of New Mexico State University Released from 1913 to 2016
Danise Coon and Paul W. Bosland1
All About Discovery!TM
New Mexico State University
aces.nmsu.edu
The College of
Agricultural,
Consumer and
Environmental
Sciences is an
engine for economic and community
development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and extension
programs.
INTRODUCTION
New Mexico State University (NMSU) has the longest continuously operating chile breeding and genetics program in the world. The chile improvement program officially began at NMSU in 1888 with Dr. Fabian Garcia, NMSU’s first horticulturist, and his later release of ‘New Mexico No. 9’. Improvement of chile cultivars for New Mexico through breeding and genetics is a major research thrust at NMSU. All New Mexican pod-type chiles grown today gained their genetic base from cultivars first developed at NMSU (Bosland, 2015). Improved cultivars lower production costs and consumer costs, increase yields and producer incomes, and improve product quality.
Historically, a cultivar’s release date may be different than its published date because publishing the cultivar release is dependent on a journal’s reviewing and publishing schedule. It can take several years before a cultivar is seen in print.
In 1913, when Dr. Garcia released ‘New Mexico No. 9’ (Garcia, 1921), it was not only the first chile cultivar released from NMSU but also introduced a new pod type—the New Mexican—to the world. Until this release, the New Mexican pod type did not exist. Initial New Mexican pod
aces.nmsu.edu/pubs • Agricultural Experiment Station • Research Report 792
Figure 1. Dr. Garcia had an artist draw the selections he made while breeding for the new New Mexican-type chile pepper. ‘New Mexico No. 9’ was very similar to #12 in this picture.
Object Description
| Title | Chile cultivars of New Mexico State University released from 1913 to 2016 |
| Series Designation | Research Report 792 |
| Creator | Coon, Danise L., 1974-; Bosland, Paul W. |
| Date Original | 2018-04 |
| Digital Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| Collection | NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications |
| Digital Identifier | UAAPr000792.pdf |
| Source | https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/ |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Series Designation | Research Report 792 |
| OCR | 1Respectively, Senior Research Specialist and Regents Professor/Director, Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico State University. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES The Chile Cultivars of New Mexico State University Released from 1913 to 2016 Danise Coon and Paul W. Bosland1 All About Discovery!TM New Mexico State University aces.nmsu.edu The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences is an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and extension programs. INTRODUCTION New Mexico State University (NMSU) has the longest continuously operating chile breeding and genetics program in the world. The chile improvement program officially began at NMSU in 1888 with Dr. Fabian Garcia, NMSU’s first horticulturist, and his later release of ‘New Mexico No. 9’. Improvement of chile cultivars for New Mexico through breeding and genetics is a major research thrust at NMSU. All New Mexican pod-type chiles grown today gained their genetic base from cultivars first developed at NMSU (Bosland, 2015). Improved cultivars lower production costs and consumer costs, increase yields and producer incomes, and improve product quality. Historically, a cultivar’s release date may be different than its published date because publishing the cultivar release is dependent on a journal’s reviewing and publishing schedule. It can take several years before a cultivar is seen in print. In 1913, when Dr. Garcia released ‘New Mexico No. 9’ (Garcia, 1921), it was not only the first chile cultivar released from NMSU but also introduced a new pod type—the New Mexican—to the world. Until this release, the New Mexican pod type did not exist. Initial New Mexican pod aces.nmsu.edu/pubs • Agricultural Experiment Station • Research Report 792 Figure 1. Dr. Garcia had an artist draw the selections he made while breeding for the new New Mexican-type chile pepper. ‘New Mexico No. 9’ was very similar to #12 in this picture. |
