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 …

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 …

Single primer enrichment technology (SPET) is a new, robust, and customizable solution for
targeted genoty**. Unlike genoty** 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 …

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

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is related to a large number of wild species that are a
source of variation for breeding programmes, in particular for traits related to adaptation to …

Eggplant is an essential widespread year-round fruit vegetable. This study was conducted
using 130 local germplasm of brinjal to select diverse parents based on the multiple traits …

Bacterial wilt (BW) is a major disease of solanaceous crops caused by the Ralstonia
solanacearum species complex (RSSC). Strains are grouped into five phylotypes (I, IIA, IIB …