Table 1.

Genetic diversity analysis of the 3,821 pepper accessions

Species	Number	HO	HE	I
C. annuum	3,383	0.12	0.44	0.69
C. baccatum	150	0.12	0.26	0.51
C. cardenasii	1	0.21	0.1	0.14
C. chacoense	24	0.17	0.28	0.54
C. chinense	105	0.11	0.38	0.56
C. eximium	3	0.14	0.23	0.45
C. frutescens	137	0.09	0.37	0.55
C. galapagoense	1	0.13	0.06	0.07
C. praetermissum	5	0.21	0.18	0.31
C. pubescens	11	0.16	0.12	0.29
C. tovarii	1	0.15	0.07	0.12
Total	3,821	0.15	0.23	0.38

Ho observed heterozygosity, H _E expected heterozygosity, I Shannon’s information index of diversity