G2P-SOL project: Capsicum accessions. g2p-sol_capsicum

G2P-SOL aims at bringing into full fruition the seeds from tens of thousands of genetic accessions of the four major Solanaceous food crops (potato, tomato, pepper and eggplant) that are stored in ‘genebanks’ worldwide.Understanding and utilising this genetic diversity is key to the sustainability of agriculture in the face of a changing environment and the appearance of new pests. This is currently hampered by the scarce publicly available information on the variability of collections preserved in different genebanks.The study provides a deep population genomic analysis of 10,000 Capsicum accessions held in genebanks and representing a frame of the global diversity of the genus. By combining GBS-derived SNP-based data and passport information we trace back to routes of evolution providing a model for the cultivated C. annuum reflecting human trade and historical/cultural influences.