BACCATUM CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY WITH FEMALE FERTILE FLOWERS IN CAPSICUM ANNUUM

The present disclosure provides BCMS plants exhibiting uniform female fertility. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with uniform female fertility from on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a uniform female fertility phenotype are provided. 1Capsicum annuumCapsicum baccatumCapsicum annuumCapsicum baccatum. A plant comprising a chromosomal segment from on chromosome 6 , wherein said chromosomal segment comprises an allele that confers female fertility in a male sterile plant having a cytoplasm relative to a plant lacking said chromosomal segment.2. The plant of claim 1 , wherein said chromosomal segment is further defined as:(a) flanked by Marker M12 (SEQ ID NO: 12) and Marker M36 (SEQ ID NO: 36) in said plant; or(b) located between 428,143 bp and 3,500,133 bp on the public pepper CM334 v1.55 map.3. The plant of claim 2 , wherein said chromosomal segment is flanked by Marker M7 (SEQ ID NO: 7) and Marker M17 (SEQ ID NO: 17) in said plant.4. A seed that produces the plant of .5. A plant part of the plant of .6. The plant part of claim 5 , wherein the plant part is a cell claim 5 , a seed claim 5 , a root claim 5 , a stem claim 5 , a leaf claim 5 , a flower claim 5 , a fruit claim 5 , or pollen.7Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuumCapsicum baccatumCapsicum baccatumCapsicum annuumCapsicum baccatum. A method for producing a plant that confers uniform female fertility in a male sterile plant having a cytoplasm claim 5 , comprising introgressing into said plant a chromosomal segment from on chromosome 6 that confers uniform female fertility in a male sterile plant having a cytoplasm relative to a plant lacking said chromosomal segment.8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said introgressing comprises:{'i': 'Capsicum annuum', 'a) crossing a plant comprising said chromosomal segment with itself or with a second plant of a different genotype to produce one ...