How Did Hot Peppers Get Their Spice?

Hot peppers are all the craze these days, as the industry has grown by 40% in the past decade! It's commonly thought that the hotness is in the seeds, but recent studies show what chefs have known all along! Trace jumps in and answers the fiery question...how did peppers get so spicy? Read More: Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers http://www.popsci.com/article/science/finding… "To engineer a better pepper, you'd have to go out into the field - actual fields, around the world - and look at different traits, measurements, and yield." Genome Sequence of the Hot Pepper Provides Insights Into the Evolution of Pungency in Capsicum Species http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurren… "Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum), one of the oldest domesticated crops in the Americas, is the most widely grown spice crop in the world." Characterization of Capsaicin Synthase and Identification of its Gene (csy1) for Pungency Factor Capsaicin in Pepper (Caps