Powdered, red chili peppers are known as paprika. Capsaicin is the main bioactive plant compound in chili peppers, responsible for their unique, pungent taste and many of their health benefits.

Serrano peppers (Capsicum annuum) come from two states in Mexico, Puebla and Hidalgo. The fruits are long, thin, and commonly ...

68 days. Anaheim (Heirloom) Mildly hot chili pepper. Plants produce loads of long green fruit that turn brilliant red when fully ripe. 80 days. Cayenne (Heirloom) Hotter! High yielding hot ...

Ohio State scientists identify three natural compounds in chili peppers that reduce spicy heat while preserving all the ...

A new study identifying molecules that suppress the heat of chili peppers hints at the possibility of adapting these ...

Laboratory studies have shown that chili pepper extracts inhibit ... Tewksbury scans the plants for fruit-sucking bugs, using his own nicknames. "Red-shouldered beetle mimic," Tewksbury yells ...

Hatch chiles are a cultivar group of the centuries-old chile pepper plant, which was first grown ... If left on the vine, they’ll turn red. The red ones are often bound for salsa, which prompts ...

Hatch is by far the most popular New Mexico chile. The peppers are long and ... they turn red when they ripen. It’s all the same plant. Fidel and Loyda Martinez don’t sell their crop.