Assessment of morphological and molecular variability of some Solanum melongena L. cultivars and wild Solanum incanum L. in Saudi Arabia

To the best of our knowledge, there is no report about pollen fertility of the progenies developed using eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) as a seed parent and eggplant cytoplasmic substitution lines as pollen parents. Pollen fertility of these progenies is very important to use as restorer line in the eggplant’s hybrid breeding program. In this study, pollen fertility was investigated for the progenies which were produced using S. melongena ‘Uttara’ as a seed parent and the eggplant cytoplasmic substitution lines as pollen parents. To assess pollen fertility, pollen stainability and in vitro germination ability were investigated. Although the nuclear and the cytoplasmic genome of the progenies were almost identical to eggplant ‘Uttara’, a clear difference was observed in the pollen fertility due to the difference in the pollen parents having different wild Solanum cytoplasms. The progenies produced using the functional cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines as a pollen parent, whose cytoplasm donor were S. kurzii, S. violaceum and S. virginianum, showed pollen release type and high pollen fertility almost equal to eggplant ‘Uttara’. It is considered that the characteristics of these progenies were almost the same as eggplant. On the other hand, the progenies that produced using the fertility restored lines of the pollen non-formation type CMS lines as a pollen parent, whose cytoplasm donors were S. aethiopicum, S. anguivi and S. grandifolium, showed pollen release type and low pollen fertility, i.e., pollen staining ability was about 54% and pollen germination ability were about 35%. It is considered that the cause of this low pollen fertility was the incompatibility between the eggplant cytoplasm and the eggplant nuclear genome, which seems to be modified in the process of continuous backcrossing under the wild Solanum cytoplasms. It is suggested that complete nuclear substitution is difficult by continuous backcrossing with eggplant in the alloplasmic lines with S. aethiopicum, S. anguivi and S. grandifolium cytoplasm donors. Incompatibility between the normal eggplant cytoplasm and the modified eggplant nuclear genomes of the alloplasmic lines with S. aethiopicum, S. anguivi and S. grandifolium cytoplasms might be a cause for the low pollen fertility of the investigated progenies

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Urentius hystricellus. [Distribution map].

Distribution Maps of Plant Pests ◽

10.1079/dmpp20066600588 ◽

1998 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Solanum Melongena ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Distribution Map ◽

New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Urentius hystricellus Richter Heteroptera: Tingidae Attacks aubergine (Solanum melongena). Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Jordan, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Yemen, AFRICA, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

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Preliminary Molecular Variability of Some Dove Species Inhabiting Saudi Arabia

American Journal of BioScience ◽

10.11648/j.ajbio.20140204.16 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 153

Author(s):

Sayed Amin Mohamed Amer

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Molecular Variability

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Transcriptome analysis and molecular marker discovery in Solanum incanum and S. aethiopicum, two close relatives of the common eggplant (Solanum melongena) with interest for breeding

BMC Genomics ◽

10.1186/s12864-016-2631-4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

P. Gramazio ◽

J. Blanca ◽

P. Ziarsolo ◽

F. J. Herraiz ◽

M. Plazas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Molecular Marker ◽

Transcriptome Analysis ◽

Solanum Melongena ◽

Solanum Incanum ◽

The Common ◽

Close Relatives ◽

Marker Discovery

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Phomopsis vexans. [Distribution map].

Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases ◽

10.1079/dmpd/20046500329 ◽

1987 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Central America ◽

West Indies ◽

New Caledonia ◽

Solanum Melongena ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Phomopsis Vexans ◽

New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phomopsis vexans[Diaporthe vexans] (Sacc. & Syd.) Harter. Hosts: Eggplant (Solanum melongena). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Algeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Senegal, Sechelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia, Brunei, Burma, China, Jinagsu, Sichuan, Nanjing, India, Bombay, Mysore, Punjab, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Sarawak, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Australasia & Oceania, Australia, Queensland, Fiji, New Caledonia, Europe, Romania, North America, Bermuda, Canada, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, USA, Central America & West Indies, Antigua, Antilles, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Colombia, Venezuela.

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