Kishore’s fire ball-India’s hottest hybrid chilli

-A Manipur scientist, Rajkumar Kishor of Kwaklei and Khonggunmelei Orchids Pvt Ltd, has synthesised the hottest Indian hybrid chilli. Named as ‘Kishore’s fire ball‘, was synthesised during a trial breeding in Manipur.

-This hybrid is derived from capsicum frutescens cultivar, capsicum chinense cv, and the hybrid of the two.

-The average pungency of hybrid chilli is 287,400 heat unitt (SHU) on the Scoville scale with capsaicin (spicy chemical compound in the chillies) content of 1.80%.

-Currently, Bhut Jolokia, or U-morok in Manipur, is India’s hottest chilli.

-Bhut Jolokia was certified by the Guinness World Records as the world’s hottest in 2007.

-This new hybrid chilli looks slightly curled and smaller than India’s hottest chilli whose plant grows to 5 feet long and can produce up to 50-60 fruits in a season.

.This can be cultivated under direct sunlight, in another words, it can be cultivated in open fields. U-morok, requires shade for healthy cultivation.

-it has low rotting rate.

– Earlier, Rajkumar Kishor had also successfully breaded seeds of Manipur’s favourite delicacy, Yongchak (bitter bean), a winter crop, in 2016.

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