| This study was proposed to select minimum descriptors to the characterization of accessions of Capsicum spp. from Embrapa Hortaliças germplasm bank, which are characterized mainly by qualitative data. From this collection, 893 (420 C. annuum, 106 C. baccatum, 307 C. chinense and 60 C. frutescens) were considered because they were completely characterized by 56 morphological descriptors. The statistical treatment was performed by factorial multiple correspondence analysis, combined with estimation of matrices of genetic dissimilarity among accessions for multicategoric data. Lists of minimum descriptors were proposed for the whole collection and for the subcollections related to the four cultivated species. Around thirty minimum descriptors were selected... |
