Fruit specific variability in capsaicinoid accumulation and transcription of structural and regulatory genes in Capsicum fruit

- Identification of transcription factors with placental expression patterns.
- Amino acid polymorphisms in ERF correlate with pungency phenotype.
- Fruit to fruit variability in capsaicin quantified in jalapeño lines.
- Erf mRNA levels reflect heritable pungency in Capsicum spp.