PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant
breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance. Therefore, their …

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is important for commercial hybrid seed production.
However, it is still not used in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), and corresponding …

Vegetable crops are a crucial component of the global food supply chain, with a vast range
of variety, flavor profiles, andnutritional value, making them a staple meal of many cultures …

With 4 figures and 3 tables Abstract To develop a new cytoplasmic male‐sterile line of
eggplant utilizing the Solanum anguivi cytoplasm, the interspecific hybrid (S. anguivi× …

In order to develop a new male-sterile line of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), the F1
rootstock 'Assist'(Solanum aethiopicum Aculeatum L. Group× S. melongena 'DMP') was …

Eggplants and related germplasm are a barely unveiled genetic treasure, for reasons
developed in Chap. 10. Diversity and interspecific crossability researches focused so far on …

Anther indehiscence is an important form of functional male sterility that can facilitate the
production of hybrid seeds. However, the molecular mechanisms of anther indehiscence …

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a useful system to produce hybrid seeds in a variety of
crop species. In eggplant, CMS systems were developed utilizing the cytoplasms of six wild …

In order to develop a male sterile eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), cytoplasm substitution
lines of eggplant were produced by continuous backcrossing using Solanum aethiopicum L …

In order to determine the molecular basis of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in alloplasmic
lines of eggplant, the genomic structures and transcription patterns of mitochondrial ATP …