Eggplant is the fifth most economically important solanaceous crop after potato, tomato,
pepper, and tobacco. Apart from the well-known brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) …

Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Wild relatives represent a source of variation for many traits of interest for eggplant (Solanum
melongena) breeding, as well as for broadening the genetic base of this crop. However …

Single primer enrichment technology (SPET) is a new, robust, and customizable solution for
targeted genotyping. Unlike genotyping by sequencing (GBS), and like DNA chips, SPET is …

Solanum aethiopi cum is a very important vegetable for both rural and urban communities in
Africa. The crop is rich in both macro-and micronutrients compared with other vegetables …

Scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are important
vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa. Few studies have been made on these crops regarding …

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a major vegetable crop with great potential for genetic
improvement owing to its large and mostly untapped genetic diversity. It is closely related to …

Wild relatives of eggplant (Solanum melongena) are of interest for breeding for tolerance to
drought. To assess the potential of eggplant wild relatives from different gene pools, 18 …

Evaluation and prediction of the performance of hybrids is important in eggplant (Solanum
melongena) breeding. A set of 10 morphologically highly diverse eggplant parents …

Despite an increasing awareness of the potential of “orphan” or unimproved crops to
contribute to food security and enhanced livelihoods for farmers, coordinated research …