Heterosis Breeding in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Gains and Provocations

A Kumar, V Sharma, BT Jain, P Kaushik - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) results in a hybrid's phenotypic superiority over its founder
parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. Hybrid vigor is defined by mechanisms such as …

Tip of the trichome: evolution of acylsugar metabolic diversity in Solanaceae

P Fan, BJ Leong, RL Last - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Solanaceae glandular trichomes produce structurally diverse insecticidal
acylsugars.•Diversity is achieved by enzyme promiscuity and core metabolic enzyme …

A tale of worldwide success: Behind the scenes of Carex (Cyperaceae) biogeography and diversification

S Martín‐Bravo, P Jiménez‐Mejías… - … of Systematics and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The megadiverse genus Carex (c. 2000 species, Cyperaceae) has a nearly cosmopolitan
distribution, displaying an inverted latitudinal richness gradient with higher species diversity …

Hidden in plants—A review of the anticancer potential of the Solanaceae family in in vitro and in vivo studies

T Kowalczyk, A Merecz-Sadowska, P Rijo, M Mori… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Solanaceae family is one of the most important arable and economic
families in the world. In addition, it includes a wide range of valuable active secondary …

The central role of taxonomy in the study of neotropical biodiversity1

LP Lagomarsino, LA Frost - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2020 - BioOne
The Neotropics are the most species-rich area of the planet. Understanding the origin and
maintenance of this diversity is an important goal of ecology and evolutionary biology …

The adaptive challenge of extreme conditions shapes evolutionary diversity of plant assemblages at continental scales

DM Neves, AJ Kerkhoff… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The tropical conservatism hypothesis (TCH) posits that the latitudinal gradient in biological
diversity arises because most extant clades of animals and plants originated when tropical …

Morphological trait evolution in Solanum (Solanaceae): Evolutionary lability of key taxonomic characters

R Hilgenhof, E Gagnon, S Knapp, X Aubriot, EJ Tepe… - Taxon, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solanum is one of the world's largest and economically most important plant genera,
including 1245 currently accepted species and several major and minor crops (eg, tomato …

5S Ribosomal DNA of Genus Solanum: Molecular Organization, Evolution, and Taxonomy

YO Tynkevich, AY Shelyfist, LV Kozub… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Solanum genus, being one of the largest among high plants, is distributed worldwide
and comprises about 1,200 species. The genus includes numerous agronomically important …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of water stress in major Solanum crops: a review on methodologies and their application for identifying drought tolerant materials

M Flores-Saavedra, M Plazas, S Vilanova… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
The genus Solanum encompasses several economically important vegetable crops, such as
tomato, potato, and eggplant, which are crucial for ensuring food security. Higher …

Unleashed Treasures of Solanaceae: Mechanistic Insights into Phytochemicals with Therapeutic Potential for Combatting Human Diseases

S Jan, S Iram, O Bashir, SN Shah, MA Kamal… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Plants that possess a diverse range of bioactive compounds are essential for maintaining
human health and survival. The diversity of bioactive compounds with distinct therapeutic …