Heterosis Breeding in Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i> L.): Gains and Provocations

Heterosis Breeding in Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i> L.): Gains and Provocations

Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) results in a hybrid&#8217;s phenotypic superiority over its founder parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. Hybrid vigor is defined by mechanisms such as dominant complementation, over-dominance, and epistasis. Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i> L...

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Main Authors: Ashish Kumar, Vinay Sharma, Bharat Taindu Jain, Prashant Kaushik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
eggplant
general combining ability
heterosis prediction
epigenetic regulation
genomics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/3/403

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