CO.1 :

• It is a reselection from Sattur Samba [CA (p) 247].
  
  
• The crop duration is 210 days and yields 2110 kg of dry pods per hectare.
  
  
• The plants are erect, medium tall and compact with medium branching.
  
  
• The fruits are green when unripe and bright shiny red on ripening.


• The fruits are 6.0 to 6.5 cm long with sharp tip and bulged shoulder.


• The seed content is 55 per cent. The variety has high capsaicin content (0.72 mg/g).

CO.2 :

• It is a selection from Nambiyur local 'Gundu' type of Erode district of Tamil Nadu [CA (p) 63].
  
  
• The crop duration is 210 days and yields 2200 kg of dry pods per hectare. The stem is angular, semi dwarf and less spreading.
  
  
• The fruits are oblong, thick and bright red in color. Seed content is high (60%).
  
  
• The capsaicin content of dry pod is 0.56 per cent. It is suitable for harvest both as green pods and red ripe pods.
  
• The green pod yield is about 11 t/ha.
  

CO.3 :

• It is a selection from an open pollinated type introduced from Sri Lanka (CA, 856).
  
  
• The fruits are long, slender with attractive dark green color before ripening and turns to deep red color after ripening.
  
  
• They are borne underneath the canopy and less affected by heavy wind, dwarf and amenable for close planting of 30 cm x 15 cm
  
  
• The potential yield at this spacing is 3000 - 3500 kg of dry chilli and 15-18 tonnes of green chilli per hectare
  
• It is also suitable to be used us green chilli. It has a very low stalk/pod ratio (6.6), high oleoresin (13%) and capsaicin (0.402 mg/g) and hence suitable for export purpose.
  
  
• It is suitable for use as both green and dried chilli. The crop duration is 165 days.
  

CO.4 :

• It is a pureline selection made from an open pollinated type introduced from Sri Lanka released from the Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore.
  
  
• The plants are dwarf, closely branched, suitable for close planting
  
  
• The fruits are dark green and stout (6.5 g) with low pungency (0.29% Capsaicin)
  
  
• It yields 23 t/ha of green fruits as against 11.73 t/ha in PKM.1 with a crop duration of 165 days.
  
  
• Suitable for making chutney, curry and pickles. Adapted to fertile loamy soils of Coimbatore, Erode, Dindigul, Karur, Thanjavur, Nagai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts.