EGGPLANT MICROSATELLITE DATABASE

The eggplant (Solanum melongena L., 2n = 2x = 24), also known as brinjal eggplant or aubergine, belongs to the Solanaceae family. The bulk of eggplant production is concentrated in China, India, Iran, Egypt and Turkey, with Italy and Spain representing the most important European Union producers. After potato and tomato, it represents the third most important solanaceous crop species. Eggplant berries are a source of dietary minerals as well as vitamins and other health-promoting metabolites such as anthocyanins and chlorogenic acid, with nutraceutical and anti-oxidant properties... Unlike tomato, potato and pepper, eggplant is native to the Old World and was independently domesticated from Solanum insanum L. in the Indian subcontinent and in China, with a possible additional and independent center of domestication in the Philippines. Besides S. melongena, two other eggplant species are commonly grown in sub-Saharan Africa, the scarlet eggplant (S. aethiopicum L.) and the gboma..

Also known as: Eggplant Microsatellite