'Trinidad Moruga Scorpion' pepper is the world's hottest measured Chile pepper at more than two million Scoville heat units

HortTechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-538

  Bosland, Paul W ^a   Coon, Danise ^a   Reeves, Gregory ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicinoids; Capsicum chinense; HPLC; Landrace; Pungency; RAPD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865198559     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.22.4.534     Document Type: Article

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