Paladin
F1 hybrid pepper
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-78 days 2 sources, 1 independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
The bell hybrid that made pepper production possible on ground infested with Phytophthora capsici, carrying the resistance that turned a field-ending disease into a manageable one.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-78 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 78% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Trial results
What this variety did in published university trials. These are observations of a season, not properties of the seed, so they are kept separate from the measurements above and are never merged into them. Letters are each report's own mean-separation groups.
Across every trial
What each measurement rests on. A figure from one plot in one season and a figure seen repeatedly across sites and years are different kinds of evidence, so the weight is printed beside the number rather than left for the reader to count.
| Measurement | Observed | Evidence behind it | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial Spot severity | 3.50 index | 1 observation from 1 trial, 2021 | |
| Phytophthora Blight severity | 0 % | 1 observation from 1 trial, 2021 | |
| Wall thickness | 6.61 mm | 1 observation from 1 trial, 2021 |
Ranges span what was observed; no average is taken across trials. Where the trials measured differently or grew at different populations the figures are a spread across conditions, not one population, and the row says so.
Rutgers bell pepper bacterial leaf spot trial, 2021
2021 · Upper Deerfield, New Jersey · full season · published as "Paladin"
| Measurement | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Bacterial Spot severity | 3.50 index | Bacterial leaf spot symptom rating, 0 to 4 |
| Wall thickness | 6.61 mm | Fruit dimensions measured on a sample from the plot |
Rutgers bell pepper Phytophthora blight trial, 2021
2021 · Upper Deerfield, New Jersey · full season · published as "Paladin"
| Measurement | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Phytophthora Blight severity | 0 % | Plants killed by Phytophthora, counted in naturally infected plots |
Each trial states its own limits, and they are worth reading before acting on any figure here. Yields in these reports are extrapolated from small research plots and run higher than commercial farms achieve; cull rates reflect the disease pressure of one particular season.
Production systems
Described as suited to
No source we cite says which production system this variety suits.
Grown in trials under
Grown in open field in 2 trials we hold. That records where the plants stood, not where the variety belongs; no other system has been tested here.
Traits
Disease resistance
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pc | Phytophthora Blight (Phytophthora capsici) | resistant | Independently observed |
| PVY | Potato Virus Y (Potyvirus yituberosi) | resistant | Independently observed |
| - | Bacterial Spot (Xanthomonas spp.) | susceptible | Independently observed |
PVY records that this variety has some resistance to this disease without naming which gene. The pathogen has 3 named races that different genes answer differently, so how much of it this covers is not established by the source.
Potato Virus Y: Recorded at disease level. This pathogen has 3 named races that varieties meet differently, and the source we cite does not distinguish them.
Bacterial Spot: Recorded at disease level. This pathogen has 11 named races that varieties meet differently, and the source we cite does not distinguish them.
2 of these claims cite a publisher's whole output rather than one publication, and does not say where inside it the statement appears, so it cannot be looked up as cited. That is a gap in our records rather than a judgement on the claim, and it is counted and being worked down.
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Sources & References
Evidence: 5 sources, including 4 independent references.
- Pepper Production Guides · University of Florida IFAS Extension, University or Government
- Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog · Johnny's Selected Seeds, Seed Catalog
- Pepper Varieties Resistant to Phytophthora Blight and Bacterial Leaf Spot · Cornell University Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, University or Government
- Bell Pepper Bacterial Leaf Spot Variety Trial Results in New Jersey, 2021 · Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (2021), University or Government
- Bell Pepper Phytophthora Blight Resistance Variety Trial Results in New Jersey, 2021 · Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (2021), University or Government