Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
By: Joyce Van Eck, Ada Snyder
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Eggplant is an economically important vegetable crop in Asia and Africa, and although it is grown in Europe and the United
States, it does not account for a significant percentage of agricultural production. It is susceptible to a number of pathogens
and insects, with bacterial and fungal wilts being the most devastating. Attempts to improve resistance through introgression
of traits from wild relatives have had limited success owing to sexual incompatibilities. Therefore, a crop improvement approach
that combines both conventional breeding and biotechnological techniques would be beneficial. This chapter describes an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for eggplant based on inoculation of seedling explants (cotyledons and hypocotyls) and leaves.
We have used this protocol to recover transformants from two different types of eggplant, a Solanum melongena L. breeding line, and S. melongena L. var. Black Eggplant. The selectable marker gene used was neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) and the selection agent was kanamycin. In vitro grown transformants acclimated readily to greenhouse conditions.
Book Title: Agrobacterium Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 343 | Pub. Date: Jun-01-2006 | Page Range: 439-448 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-130-4:439
Subject: Plant Sciences
Key Words: Solanum melongena - Black Eggplant - Solanum - Solanaceae - vegetable - gene transfer - biotechnology - Agrobacterium tumefaciens
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