Editorial: XVII SOLANACEAE2022 meets the 2020 decade challenges.

[EN] Given the ever-increasing world population and the striking losses of plant productivity due to global warming, new breeding strategies are necessary to fortify stress resilience of crops (He et al., 2018). The International Conference XVII SOLANACEAE2022 on the Plant Family of Solanaceae took place in Thessaloniki, GREECE, on November 1-5, 2022, and attracted more than 200 distinguished researchers and academics from more than 20 countries. The present Research Topic hosts a series of current research studies that are relevant for Solanaceae species, on the mechanisms underlying different phases of fruit development, ripening, postharvest potential, and stress-responses.