Cabai (Capsicum annuum L.) have various in fruit shapes, fruit colors, fruit types, hot tasty and biochemical compound useful for fresh fruit, spicy and ornamental plant. Ornamental chili ideotype that are dwarf, high fruit set and various fruit colors. The aim this study to improve description characters in Ayesha IPB variety, both qualitative and quantitative characters. The testers are 4 released varieties and 5 the other genotypes in randomized complete block design for 4 replication in green house at Leuwikopo field reserch in Darmaga, Bogor. Ayesha IPB variety showed early flower in 13-16 days after planting, harvesting for commercial bucket in 65-70 days after planting, medium plant high that is 25.218 cm, medium canopy width that is 46-53 cm, good performance in canopy, round shape on fuit tip, various fuit colors that are  yellow green for young fruit, orange for intermediate fuit and orange red for mature of fruit. Those description characters could be ornamental chili for Ayesha, so it is important to protect the plant for ornamental plant commercialization.Key word : fruit, color, red,  round, orange, ornamental

Genetic information plays an important role in plant selection. This research was aimed to obtain genetic information on pattern inheritance of yield and yield component characters of two crosses population of birds chili. The research used biparental mating design consisted of 40 plants of parents population (P1 and P2), 40 plants of first generation (F1) and reciprocal (F1R) populations, 100 plants of backcross populations (BCP1 and BCP2), and 300 plants of second generation population (F2). Scaling test and joint scaling test indicated the presence of gene interaction (epistasis) in two crosses population. Estimates gene effect also showed that fruit weight character in crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C174 was controlled by duplication epistasis, while yield per plant character in crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C291 was controlled by complementary epistasis. All characters of both crosses populations had high broad sense heritability, but the characters in crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C174 had medium to high narrow sense heritability, while the characters in crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C291 had low to medium narrow sense heritability. Genetic difference between parents seemed to affect gene action of a character, in which yield per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, and fruit length characters in crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C291 with small genetic difference were more controlled by the action of non additive gene than crosses population of IPB C145 x IPB C291 with large genetic difference.Keywords: epistasis, gene action, genetic difference, heritability, yield

The ornamental chili is valueable, but the commercial productivity still lower. It is important to evaluate ornamental chili as a new variety. The evaluation used randomized block completely design for genotypes Lembayung IPB, IPB.318092-1-4K-1-1 (G4K), IPB.318092-1-5K-1-1(G5K1), IPB.318092-1-5K-1-2 (G5K2), IPB.318320-1-3U-1-1(G3U), IPB.5.318-1-20-1(G120), IPB.5.318-3-1-1K-1 (G311K), and testers are Bara, Ungara IPB dan Seroja IPB. Lembayung IPB has intermediate habituate, middle hight plant, more number of fruits, stem purple color, purple of pedicle and flower, purple of young fruit color then changes into orange. Fruit colors suitable for ornamental chili plants.Keywords : color, flower, fruit, ornamental, purple

PENDAHULUANCabai (Capsicum annuum L.) merupakan salah satu komoditas hortikultura utama di Indonesia. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan luas pertanaman cabai yang mencapai 254 ribu hektar menjadi luasan komoditas sayuran terbesar di Indonesia (Direktorat Jenderal Hortikultura, 2016). Selain itu, cabai sering kali menjadi penyumbang kenaikan inflasi paling utama pada kelompok volatile food di Indonesia seperti pada bulan September dan Oktober 2016 (Bank Indonesia, 2016