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 …

An enduring question in evolutionary biology concerns the degree to which episodes of
convergent trait evolution depend on the same genetic programs, particularly over long …

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 …

Eggplant is the fifth economically most important vegetable in the Solanaceae family after
tomato, potato, chili, and tobacco. Apart from the well-cultivated brinjal or aubergine …

Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) results in a hybrid's phenotypic superiority over its founder
parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. Hybrid vigor is defined by mechanisms such as …

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 …

Whole-genome resequencing provides information of great relevance for crop genetics,
evolution, and breeding. Here, we present the first whole-genome resequencing study using …

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 …

Soil salinity is becoming one of the most critical problems for agriculture in the current
climate change scenario. Growth parameters, such as plant height, root length and fresh …