PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS CONTENT IN FRUITS OF DIFFERENT EGGPLANT SPECIES: S. MELONGENA L., S. AETHIOPICUM L. AND S. MACROCARPON L. - IN THE TEMPERATE CLIMATE

Conventional and phenomics characterization provides insight into the diversity and relationships of hypervariable scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum L.) and gboma (S. macrocarpon L.) eggplant complexes

Scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are major vegetable crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Together with their respective wild ancestors (S. anguivi and S. dasyphyllum) and intermediate cultivated-wild forms they constitute the so-called scarlet and gboma eggplant complexes. We used conventional descriptors and the high-throughput phenomics tool Tomato Analyzer for char...

Vigor for In Vitro Culture Traits in S. melongena  ×  S. aethiopicum Hybrids with Potential as Rootstocks for Eggplant

Hybrids of Solanum melongena and S. aethiopicum are of interest as rootstocks of eggplant, as they are highly vigorous and can incorporate resistance to several diseases. However, hybridization between both species is difficult. Therefore, protocols for in vitro culture are of great interest for their micropropagation and biotechnological breeding. We assessed the organogenesis response from le...

Comparison of polyphenol oxidase in fruits of Solanum melongena L. (purple) and Solanum melongena L. (green)

A comparative study of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from two varieties of brinjal (local long green-bili badnea and purple-gundu badne) was conducted to determine differences and similarities of some of the characteristics of the PPO enzymes in terms of temperature and pH optima, substrate specificity, thermal inactivation and potency of some PPO inhibitors. PPO was partially purified by ammonium s...

Production of interspecific hybrids between commercial cultivars of the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its wild relative S. torvum.

Interspecific hybrids between cultivars of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its wild relative S. torvum, which has disease resistance and desirable traits for crop improvement, were obtained by cross-hybridization and embryo rescue. Twenty-one hybrid progenies were obtained and examined based on morphological traits, RAPD and ISSR markers. Five of them were confirmed to be true interspecific...

Multipliers on L(s), L(s)∗∗, and Luc(s)∗ for a Locally Compact Topological Semigroup