[HTML][HTML] Polyphenol oxidases in crops: Biochemical, physiological and genetic aspects

F Taranto, A Pasqualone, G Mangini, P Tripodi… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Enzymatic browning is a colour reaction occurring in plants, including cereals, fruit and
horticultural crops, due to oxidation during postharvest processing and storage. This has a …

[HTML][HTML] The historical role of species from the Solanaceae plant family in genetic research

C Gebhardt - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Key message This article evaluates the main contributions of tomato, tobacco, petunia,
potato, pepper and eggplant to classical and molecular plant genetics and genomics since …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Phenylpropanoids accumulation in eggplant fruit: characterization of biosynthetic genes and regulation by a MYB transcription factor

T Docimo, G Francese, A Ruggiero, G Batelli… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Phenylpropanoids are major secondary metabolites in eggplant (Solanum melongena)
fruits. Chlorogenic acid (CGA) accounts for 70–90% of total phenolics in flesh tissues, while …

[HTML][HTML] Interspecific hybridization between eggplant and wild relatives from different genepools

M Plazas, S Vilanova, P Gramazio… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.ashs.org
Wild relatives represent a source of variation for many traits of interest for eggplant (Solanum
melongena) breeding, as well as for broadening the genetic base of this crop. However …

Genomics and marker-assisted improvement of vegetable crops

I Simko, M Jia, J Venkatesh, BC Kang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding vegetables with increased content in bioactive phenolic acids

P Kaushik, I Andújar, S Vilanova, M Plazas… - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Vegetables represent a major source of phenolic acids, powerful antioxidants characterized
by an organic carboxylic acid function and which present multiple properties beneficial for …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to modulate specialized metabolism in Mediterranean crops: From molecular aspects to field

R Balestrini, C Brunetti, M Cammareri… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant specialized metabolites (SMs) play an important role in the interaction with the
environment and are part of the plant defense response. These natural products are volatile …

Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena): Poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction

MM Syfert, NP Castañeda‐Álvarez… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant
breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance. Therefore, their …