New Mexico na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu samar da barkono barkono (Capsicum spp.) a cikin Amurka, tare da ton 51,000 na samarwa a cikin 2021 daga yanki na kadada 8500 tare da matsakaicin yawan aiki na ton 6/acres bisa ga Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka ta ƙasa. Sabis na Kididdigar Noma. Matsakaicin yawan aiki ya ragu da kashi 25% yayin da yankin da aka dasa don samar da barkono barkono ya kasance iri ɗaya. Wannan ya haifar da raguwar ayyukan tattalin arziki kusan 10% a cikin 2020 idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata, daga dala miliyan 50.1 zuwa dala miliyan 44.9. Wannan gagarumin raguwar samar da barkonon tsohuwa a cikin jihar ya zaburar da masana kimiyya zuwa sabbin yunƙurin zamani na zamani da nufin haɓaka ribar kwayoyin halitta da haɓaka yawan aiki a cikin shirin NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding and Genetics ta hanyar kimanta halaye daban-daban da suka danganci yawan amfanin ƙasa da samar da yuwuwar ta hanyar amfani da babban- kayan aikin phenotyping kayan aiki kamar Tomato Analyzer (TA).
Tsarin gine-ginen 'ya'yan itace da halayen da ke da alaƙa suna daga cikin abubuwan da ke tabbatar da bambancin 'ya'yan itace kuma sune manyan masu ba da gudummawa don samarwa da samar da yuwuwar a cikin barkono barkono. Yin amfani da software na TA, masana kimiyya sun tattara bayanai akan saitin halayen 'ya'yan itace ciki har da kewayen 'ya'yan itace, fihirisar siffa, girman, da asymmetry a cikin tarin layukan barkono chile iri-iri da aka kimanta a ƙarƙashin yanayin girma na New Mexico.
Masu bincike sun yi niyya don siffanta nau'ikan genotypes 105 na rukunin bambancin Capsicum wanda ya ƙunshi cultivars, layin kiwo, ƙasa, da nau'in daji na nau'ikan kwaf ('ya'yan itace) daban-daban guda 12, don masu siffantawa TA 32 morphometric. Binciken gungu na matsayi ya haɗa nau'ikan genotypes zuwa gungu takwas dangane da bayanan TA. Ma'auni na asali-wato, kewaye, yanki, tsayin tsayi, matsakaicin nisa, matsakaicin tsayi, matsakaicin tsayi, da tsayi mai lanƙwasa - sune mafi yawan ma'anar nuna wariya tare da iyakar gudunmawa ga cikakkiyar siffar 'ya'yan itace.
An nuna fa'idar ma'anar taswirar TA morphometric, waɗanda ke da wahalar aunawa ta hanyar ƙirar al'ada. Yawancin cultivars tare da sifar 'ya'yan itace da ake so da ilimin halittar jiki dangane da nazarin tari an ba da shawarar azaman layin iyaye don haɓaka don haɓaka yawan amfanin ƙasa a cikin shirye-shiryen kiwo barkono chile. Sakamako ta amfani da TA don auna halaye masu alaƙa da 'ya'yan itace zai ba da tushe ga nazarin ƙungiyar halittu-da yawa da zaɓin genomic don yawan amfanin ƙasa da halaye masu ba da gudummawa a cikin sabon barkono chile na Mexica.