Improved genome assembly and pan‐genome provide key insights into eggplant domestication and breeding

L Barchi, MT Rabanus‐Wallace, J Prohens… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important horticultural crop and one of the most
widely grown vegetables from the Solanaceae family. It was domesticated from a wild …

A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly reveals genetics for important traits in eggplant

Q Wei, J Wang, W Wang, T Hu, H Hu… - Horticulture …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an economically important vegetable crop in the
Solanaceae family, with extensive diversity among landraces and close relatives. Here, we …

Whole-Genome Resequencing of Seven Eggplant (Solanum melongena) and One Wild Relative (S. incanum) Accessions Provides New Insights and Breeding …

P Gramazio, H Yan, T Hasing, S Vilanova… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Whole-genome resequencing provides information of great relevance for crop genetics,
evolution, and breeding. Here, we present the first whole-genome resequencing study using …

Draft Genome Sequence of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): the Representative Solanum Species Indigenous to the Old World

H Hirakawa, K Shirasawa, K Miyatake, T Nunome… - DNA …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Unlike other important Solanaceae crops such as tomato, potato, chili pepper, and tobacco,
all of which originated in South America and are cultivated worldwide, eggplant (Solanum …

Construction of a SNP-based genetic map using SLAF-Seq and QTL analysis of morphological traits in eggplant

Q Wei, W Wang, T Hu, H Hu, J Wang, C Bao - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Eggplant (Solanum melongena; 2 n= 24) is an economically important fruit crop of the family
Solanaceae that was domesticated in India and Southeast Asia. Construction of a high …

A chromosome-anchored eggplant genome sequence reveals key events in Solanaceae evolution

L Barchi, M Pietrella, L Venturini, A Minio, L Toppino… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
With approximately 450 species, spiny Solanum species constitute the largest monophyletic
group in the Solanaceae family, but a high-quality genome assembly from this group is …

A detailed synteny map of the eggplant genome based on conserved ortholog set II (COSII) markers

F Wu, NT Eannetta, Y Xu, SD Tanksley - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009 - Springer
We report herein the mapping of 115 PCR-based orthologous markers, including 110
conserved ortholog set or COSII markers, on the reference RFLP map of eggplant. The result …

A high‐quality genome assembly of the eggplant provides insights into the molecular basis of disease resistance and chlorogenic acid synthesis

D Li, J Qian, W Li, N Yu, G Gan, Y Jiang… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is one of the most important Solanaceae crops,
ranking third for total production and economic value in its genus. Herein, we report a high …

Identification of SNP and SSR markers in eggplant using RAD tag sequencing

L Barchi, S Lanteri, E Portis, A Acquadro, G Valè… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) genome is relatively
unexplored, especially compared to those of the other major Solanaceae crops tomato and …

Transcriptome analysis and molecular marker discovery in Solanum incanum and S. aethiopicum, two close relatives of the common eggplant (Solanum melongena …

P Gramazio, J Blanca, P Ziarsolo, FJ Herraiz, M Plazas… - Bmc Genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background Solanum incanum is a close wild relative of S. melongena with high contents of
bioactive phenolics and drought tolerance. S. aethiopicum is a cultivated African eggplant …