Abstract：‘Dingdinghong No.5’is a new pod pepper F1 hybrid of fascicled type derived from crossing
inbred line‘D1-8’as female parent and inbred line‘SK2-6’as male parent．It is of early maturity．
Its growth period is about 170 days．The plant is about 80 cm in height．The first flower sets on the 10-11th
nodes．Its fruit is of short fingered，and fruit top is obtuse-angled．The fruit peel is smooth．The fruit is
about 7 cm in length，and about 0.8 cm in width．The ripe fruit is green in color，and old ripe fruit is red
in color．Its taste is strong spicy．The total contents of capsaicin and VC were 2.36 g · kg-1 and 1 430 mg ·
kg-1，respectively．Its fruit setting ability is strong．Each single plant can bear about 16 fruits．The single
fruit weight is about 4 g．It can yield about 22.5 t · hm-2 fresh pepper，which is easily dried．In fields，its
resistance to virus disease，epidemic disease and anthrax is stronger than that of the contrast‘Sanyingjiao
No.8’．It is suitable for open field cultivation in early spring in Henan and surrounding areas or intercropping
cultivation of wheat-pepper．
