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Association analyses reveal both anthropic and environmental selective events during eggplant domestication.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2025
Omondi Emmanuel, Barchi Lorenzo, Gaccione Luciana, Portis Ezio, Toppino Laura, Tassone Maria Rosaria, Alonso David, Prohens Jaime, Rotino Giuseppe Leonardo, Schafleitner Roland, van Zonneveld Maarten, Giuliano Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is one of the four most important Solanaceous crops, widely cultivated and consumed in Asia, the Mediterranean basin, and Southeast Europe. We studied the genome-wide association of historical genebank phenotypic data on a genotyped worldwide collection of 3449 eggplant accessions. Overall, 334 significant associations for key agronomic traits were detected. Significant correlations...
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