Sweet Pepper Varieties To Watch for in 2026

Are you looking for new sweet pepper varieties to round out your crop selection? Scan the photo gallery of sweet pepper varieties from major seed companies and make your picks.

Disease Abbreviation Key:

BLS Bacterial leaf spot, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

CMV Cucumber mosaic caused by cucumber mosaic virus

HR High resistance

IR Intermediate resistance

PC/Pc Phytophthora root rot, water mold, Phytophthora capsici

Pep YMV Pepper yellow mosaic virus, caused by pepper yellow mosaic potyvirus

PepMoV, PMV Pepper mild mottle virus, caused by Tobamovirus

PVY Potato virus Y

R Resistance

T Tolerant

TM/Tm Mosaic caused by Tobamovirus pathotype

ToMV, TMV Tobacco mosaic virus, caused by Solanaceae

TSWV Tomato spotted wilt virus

Xcv/XCV Bacterial leaf spot, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

X spp Bacterial spot, Xanthamonas spp  

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