Hybrid pepper variety 35-179 RZ

1. A Capsicum annuum pepper plant designated 35-179 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42192.

2. A seed capable of growing into the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 .

3. A part of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 , wherein said part of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant is suitable for sexual reproduction and comprises a microspore, pollen, an ovary, an ovule, an embryo sac or an egg cell.

4. A part of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 , wherein said part of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant is suitable for vegetative reproduction.

5. The part of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said part comprises a cutting, a root, a stem, a cell or a protoplast.

6. A tissue culture of a regenerable cell or a protoplast from the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 .

7. The tissue culture as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the regenerable cell or protoplast is derived from a leaf, pollen, a cotyledon, a hypocotyl, a meristematic cell, a root, a root tip, an anther, a flower, or a stem.

8. A method for producing a progeny plant of the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 , comprising crossing the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 with itself or with another Capsicum annuum pepper plant, harvesting the resultant seed, and growing said seed.

9. A method of producing an inbred Capsicum annuum pepper plant derived from hybrid Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ, comprising the steps:

a) preparing a progeny Capsicum annuum pepper plant derived from hybrid Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ by crossing the Capsicum annuum pepper plant of claim 1 with itself or a second Capsicum annuum pepper plant;

b) crossing the progeny Capsicum annuum pepper plant with itself or a second Capsicum annuum pepper plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;

c) growing a progeny Capsicum annuum pepper plant of a subsequent generation from said seed and crossing the progeny Capsicum annuum pepper plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second Capsicum annuum pepper plant; and

d) repeating step b) or c) for at least 3 more generations to produce an inbred Capsicum annuum pepper plant derived from the hybrid Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ.

10. A method of producing a Capsicum annuum pepper fruit comprising: (a) obtaining the Capsicum annuum pepper plant according to claim 1 , wherein the Capsicum annuum pepper plant has been cultivated to develop fruit; and (b) collecting a pepper fruit from the Capsicum annuum pepper plant.

11. A fruit produced by the method of claim 10 .

12. The fruit of claim 11 , wherein the fruit is part of a food product, optionally in processed form.

13. A method for producing a seed of a 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper plant, comprising

(a) crossing a plant of Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42192, with itself or a second Capsicum annuum pepper plant, and

(b) whereby seed of a 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper plant forms.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising

(c) crossing a plant grown from a 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper seed with itself or a second Capsicum annuum pepper plant to yield additional 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper seed,

(d) growing the additional 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper seed of step (c) to yield an additional 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper plant, and

(e) repeating the crossing and growing of steps (c) and (d) for an additional 3 to 10 generations to generate a further 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper plant.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the 35-179 RZ-derived Capsicum annuum pepper plant exhibits a combination of traits comprising medium red colored blocky type fruits, more closed foliage cover than a plant of variety Valkiria RZ, resistance against Tobamovirus pathotype P0, P1, and P(1-2), and more uniformity in stem growth at the dichotomy than a plant of variety Valkiria RZ when grown in a 2-stem Mexican cultivation system.

16. A method of determining the genotype of a plant of Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ, representative seed of which has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42192, or a first generation Capsicum annuum progeny thereof, comprising obtaining a sample of nucleic acids from said plant of Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ and comparing said nucleic acids to a sample of nucleic acids obtained from a reference Capsicum annuum pepper plant, and detecting a plurality of polymorphisms between the two nucleic acid samples, wherein the plurality of polymorphisms are indicative of Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ and/or give rise to the expression of any one or more, or all, of the morphological and physiological characteristics of Capsicum annuum pepper variety 35-179 RZ.

17. The method of claim 16 additionally comprising the step of storing the results of detecting the plurality of polymorphisms on a computer readable medium, or transmitting the results of detecting the plurality of polymorphisms.

18. A Capsicum annuum pepper plant designated 35-179 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42192; further comprising a modification effected by mutagenesis, wherein said modified plant otherwise has all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 35-179 RZ pepper plant.

19. A Capsicum annuum pepper plant designated 35-179 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42192; further comprising a modification effected by transformation with a transgene, wherein said modified plant otherwise has all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 35-179 RZ pepper plant.