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Open AccessGrowth and antioxidant responses to water stress in eggplant MAGIC population parents, F1 hybrids and a subset of recombinant inbred lines
The generation of new eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) cultivars with drought tolerance is a main challenge in the current context of climate change. In this study, the eight parents (seven of S. melongena and one...
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Breeding and Genome Map** for Resistance to Biotic Stress in Eggplant
Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is a major vegetable crop widely grown in tropics and subtropics. However, eggplant production is subject to high losses from biotic and abiotic stress. Eggplant is exposed to a br...
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Open AccessGenome wide association map** for agronomic, fruit quality, and root architectural traits in tomato under organic farming conditions
Opportunity and challenges of the agriculture scenario of the next decades will face increasing demand for secure food through approaches able to minimize the input to cultivations. Large panels of tomato vari...
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Ploidy Modification for Plant Breeding Using In Vitro Organogenesis: A Case in Eggplant
The use of antimitotic agents such as colchicine has been common to obtain polyploid organisms. However, this approach entails certain problems, from its toxicity to the operators for being carcinogenic compou...
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Eggplant (Solanum melongena , S. aethiopicum and S. macrocarpon) Breeding
Brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena) is an annual vegetable cultivated for its edible fruits, which are variable in shape, size and color. Scarlet eggplant (S. aethiopicum) and gboma eggplant (S. macrocarpon) are...
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Pepper and Eggplant Genetic Resources
Peppers (Capsicum spp.) and eggplants (Solanum spp.) are vegetable crops from the Solanaceae family that have spread worldwide and are important as a source of health-related compounds for humans. Several pepper ...
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Genomic Resources in the Eggplant Wild Genepool
Access to high-throughput next-generation sequencing is now becoming affordable also for non-model crops and small laboratories. In addition, for the most important economic crops, their wild relatives are bei...
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Screening cultivated eggplant and wild relatives for resistance to sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) and to two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)
Whiteflies and spider mites are amongst the most harmful eggplant (Solanum melongena) pests. Considering the need for reduction of chemical applications for whitefly and spider mite control, the exploitation of w...
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Open AccessSILEX: a fast and inexpensive high-quality DNA extraction method suitable for multiple sequencing platforms and recalcitrant plant species
The use of sequencing and genoty** platforms has undergone dramatic improvements, enabling the generation of a wealth of genomic information. Despite this progress, the availability of high-quality genomic D...
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Large scale phenoty** and molecular analysis in a germplasm collection of rocket salad (Eruca vesicaria) reveal a differentiation of the gene pool by geographical origin
Cultivated rocket (Eruca vesicaria) is a leafy vegetable highly appreciated for its health-promoting virtues and consumed both raw and cooked as ready-to-use vegetable. Despite Eruca being cultivated worldwide, o...
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Open AccessA highly efficient organogenesis protocol based on zeatin riboside for in vitro regeneration of eggplant
Efficient organogenesis induction in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is required for multiple in vitro culture applications. In this work, we aimed at develo** a universal protocol for efficient in vitro regene...
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Resequencing
The next-generation sequencing revolution is allowing the whole-genome resequencing (WGRS) of hundreds or even thousands of accessions for staple crops and model species. With the release of their reference ge...
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Creating Products and Services in Plant Biotechnology
This chapter presents a brief description of the most relevant applications of plant biotechnology, with examples of specific techniques that can be used to provide commercial products and services to custome...
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Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Taxonomy and Relationships
Solanum melongena L. (brinjal eggplant) is a member of a small monophyletic group (Eggplant clade) of mainly andromonoecious species in the large and diverse Leptostemonum clade of Solanum (previously referred to...
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Comparison of transcriptome-derived simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for genetic fingerprinting, diversity evaluation, and establishment of relationships in eggplants
Simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are amongst the most common markers of choice for studies of diversity and relationships in horticultural species. We have used 11 ...
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Introgressiomics: a new approach for using crop wild relatives in breeding for adaptation to climate change
The need to boost agricultural production in the coming decades in a climate change scenario requires new approaches for the development of new crop varieties that are more resilient and more efficient in the ...
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Open AccessThe first de novo transcriptome of pepino (Solanum muricatum): assembly, comprehensive analysis and comparison with the closely related species S. caripense, potato and tomato
Solanum sect. Basarthrum is phylogenetically very close to potatoes (Solanum sect. Petota) and tomatoes (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon), two groups with great economic importance, and for...
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Morphological and molecular characterization of local varieties, modern cultivars and wild relatives of an emerging vegetable crop, the pepino (Solanum muricatum), provides insight into its diversity, relationships and breeding history
Availability of standardized morphological and molecular characterization data is essential for the efficient development of breeding programmes in emerging crops. Pepino (Solanum muricatum) is an increasingly im...
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Genotype × environment interactions in eggplant for fruit phenolic acid content
Eggplant fruit are a rich source of phenolic acids that influence fruit culinary quality and antioxidant content. We evaluated the influence of production environments and stability of diverse genotypes across...
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Characterization of a collection of local varieties of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) using conventional descriptors and the high-throughput phenomics tool Tomato Analyzer
Conventional tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) descriptors are of great utility for gross morphological characterization but may not be practical for the precise fruit description required for distinguishing close...
