[EN] The development of double haploids (DHs) is a straightforward path for obtaining pure lines but has multiple bottlenecks. Among them is the determination of the optimal stage of pollen induction for androgenesis. In ...
Acquadro, Alberto; Barchi, Lorenzo; Gramazio, Pietro; Portis, Ezio; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Comino, Cinzia; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Lanteri, Sergio(Public Library of Science, 2017)
[EN] Brinjal (Solanum melongena), scarlet (S. aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are three Old World domesticates. The genomic DNA of a collection of accessions belonging to the three cultivated species, ...
Brenes, Marco; Pérez, Jason; González-Orenga, Sara; Solana, Andrea; Boscaiu, Monica; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Fita, Ana; Vicente, Oscar(MDPI AG, 2020-08)
[EN] This study investigated the physiological and biochemical responses to salinity stress of Solanum melongena and its wild relative, Solanum torvum, commonly used as eggplant rootstock. Young plants of both species were ...
García Fortea, Edgar(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-01-21)
[ES] La berenjena (Solanum melongena) es una hortaliza muy importante en muchas áreas tropicales y subtropicales del mundo. Es la tercera solanácea más producida a nivel mundial, pero a pesar de su importancia los recursos ...
Rakha, Mohamed; Namisy, Ahmed; Chen, Jaw-Rong; El-Mahrouk, Mohammed E.; Metwally, Elmahdy; Taha, Naglaa; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Taher, Dalia(MDPI, 2020-10)
[EN] Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacerum is one of the most economically and destructive eggplant diseases in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The objectives of this study were to develop ...
Kouassi, Abou Bakari; Kouassi, Koffi Brice Aymar; Sylla, Zakaria; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Fonseka, Ramya Malkanthi; Kouassi, Auguste; Fonseka, Hemal; N'Guetta, Assanvo Simon-Pierre; Prohens Tomás, Jaime(Crop Science Society of America, 2021-01)
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Crop wild relatives (CWRs) have barely been used in eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. However, introgression breeding may help in coping with the challenges posed by climate change. During the rainy and dry ...
Mangino, Giulio; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Gramazio, Pietro(MDPI, 2020-04)
[EN] Introgression lines (ILs) of eggplant (Solanum melongena) represent a resource of high value for breeding and the genetic analysis of important traits. We have conducted a phenotypic evaluation in two environments ...
Brenes, Marco; Solana, Andrea; Boscaiu, Monica; Fita, Ana; Vicente, Oscar; Calatayud, Ángeles; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O(MDPI, 2020-05)
[EN] Eggplant (Solanum melongena) has been described as moderately sensitive to salinity. We characterised the responses to salt stress of eggplant andS. insanum, its putative wild ancestor. Young plants of two accessions ...
[EN] Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is highly diverse and the identification of new sources of resistance for the incorporation of multiple and complementary resistance genes in the same cultivar is the ...
[EN] Whiteflies and spider mites are amongst the most harmful eggplant (Solanum melongena) pests. Considering the need for reduction of chemical applications for whitefly and spider mite control, the exploitation of wild ...
Taher, D.; Solberg, S.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Chou, Yu-Yu; Rakha, M.; Wu, T.(Frontiers Media SA, 2017)
[EN] 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.), two other under-utilized eggplant species, ...