**4.5 Capsicum**

Plants could be successfully regenerated (Fig 8) from cryopreserved seeds of capsicum (Peter *et al* 2001 and Ravindran *et al* 2004). Alexander *et al* (1991) and Rajasekharan and Ganeshan. (2003) reported freeze preservation of capsicum pollen (*Capsicum annuum*) in liquid nitrogen (–1960C) for 42 months.

Fig. 8. Successful germination of cryopreserved seeds of capsicum
