Based on the in vitro shoot-tip multiplication technique, application of in vitro selection in combination with EMS (ethyl methanesulphonate) mutagensis in selection of black pepper somaclones resistant to foot rot (or quick wilt) disease caused by the fungus Phytophthora capsici [Phytophthora palmivora var. piperis or Phytophthora palmivora (Butl.) Butler MF4]was carried out with a large-leaf variety of Piper nigrum Linn., Lampong Type, widely cultivated in Hainan but highly susceptible to P. capsici, used...