| Summary: | Because of their morphological
diversity and various rich content, ornamental peppers (Capsicum annuum L.)
has become a favored plant in ornamental plant, food, cosmetics and medicinal
sectors in recent years. This interest increased the ornamental pepper breeding
studies. However, there are limited numbers of study based on haploid
technology in ornamental peppers. In this study, we aimed to determine the
effect of using shaker on embryo yield in the shed-microspore cultures of
ornamental peppers. We used a total of 29 genotypes and compared the shaken and
stationary cultures for each genotype. The shaken cultures gave more successful
androgenic performance in terms of total and globular embryo formations. The
most successful embryogenic performance was obtained from Genotype 754 in both
stationary and shaken cultures. However, the shaken cultures of Genotype 754
formed 4.5 times more embryos when compared to its stationary control group. As
the result, the use of shaker positively affected embryo yield in
shed-microspore cultures of ornamental pepper depending on genotype.
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