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, ...
[EN] In horticulture, grafting is a popular technique used to combine positive traits from two different plants. This is achieved by joining the plant top part (scion) onto a rootstock which contains the stem and roots. ...
Maioli, Alex; Gianoglio, Silvia; Moglia, Andrea; Acquadro, Alberto; Valentino, Danila; Milani, Anna Maria; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Orzáez Calatayud, Diego Vicente; GRANELL RICHART, ANTONIO; Lanteri, Sergio; Comino, Cinzia(Frontiers Media SA, 2020-12-03)
[EN] Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) catalyze the oxidization of polyphenols, which in turn causes the browning of the eggplant berry flesh after cutting. This has a negative impact on fruit quality for both industrial ...