Chile Pepper Institute
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Coordinates | 32°16′50″N 106°45′27″W / 32.2806°N 106.7575°W |
Website | cpi |
The Chile Pepper Institute at
Overview
The Chile Pepper Institute is a research institute and is the only international organization that is devoted to the research, resource, and education of chile peppers. The institute helps and promotes the iconic and famous state vegetable of New Mexico. CPI is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the campus of New Mexico State University, and research is conducted at the Fabian Garcia Horticultural Center, where it also showcases 100–200 varieties of chile pepper from around the world. Paul W. Bosland is the current director and the co-founder of The Chile Pepper Institute, who is also a professor of horticulture at New Mexico State University, where he leads the chile breeding and genetics research program.[4]
The Chile Pepper Institute is responsible for discovering the then world's hottest chile pepper, the
- The Annual New Mexico Chile Conference
- European Association for Plant Breeding Research (EUCARPIA)
- Chile Pepper Institute Teaching Garden
- The Annual Chile Conference
- The International Pepper Conference
- Agricultural Science Summer Undergraduate Research Education and Development Program (ASSURED Program)
Cultivars
The Chile Pepper Institute produces numerous pepper cultivars in unusual colors and shapes, such as the NuMex Twilight, a hybrid based on the
References
- ^ Fryxell, David A. (December 2007). "The Red-or-Greening of New Mexico". Desert Exposure.
100 years ago, horticulturist Fabian Garcia planted the seeds for New Mexico's $400 million chile-pepper industry
- ^ "Fabian Garcia Science Center". NMSU: Fabian Garcia Science Center. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to the Chile Pepper Institute!". The Chile Pepper Institute. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
Chile pepper research is conducted at the Fabian Garcia Horticultural Center
- ^ "Paul W. Bosland". New Mexico State University. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ Bannister, Justin (May 1, 2009). "NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute gets fired up with 'Holy Jolokica' hot sauce". New Mexico State University.
- ^ "Database of Chile Pepper Varieties". The Chile Man.
- ^ Bosland, Paul W. (2012). "'NuMex Heritage 6-4' New Mexican Chile Pepper" (PDF). New Mexico State University, HortScience. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
The New Mexico Chile Pepper Breeding and Genetics Program announces the release of 'NuMex Heritage 6-4'
- ^ "NuMex Twilight: A Rainbow Of Fire". PepperScale. August 29, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Diacono, Mark (February 25, 2012). "Take a fresh look at cool chille peppers". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ISBN 9781402065699.
- ^ Winter, Norman. "Garden Guru: NuMex Easter peppers bring bold colors, flavors". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Southern Gardening: Try NuMex, other ornamental peppers". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Chile Pepper Institute on Facebook
- Chile Pepper Institute on Twitter