A protein – dubbed GAME15 – is the missing link in the pathway that Solanum plants like potatoes use to make molecules for chemical defense: steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs). The findings pave the way ...

About 75% of the world's food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does this ...

The genus Solanum represents one of the most diverse and economically significant groups within the Solanaceae. Its extensive species diversity encompasses important food crops, wild relatives and ...

Figure 1: Genomic landscape of S. pennellii chromosome 1. Figure 2: Expression of cuticle biosynthesis–related genes. Figure 3: Chromosome mapping of stress-related candidate genes. The genome of S.

A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. This genus includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and other economically important ...

Taken by ship to North America and Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, the tiny fruit gave rise to all the many tomato varieties enjoyed today. David Griffin Travelers come to the city of Trujillo ...

Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and for the first time demonstrate the ecological role ...

Belonging to the potato family (Solanaceae) it has deep purple-blue, slightly scented flowers borne in large clusters from summer to autumn; similar to the flowers on potato plants. Each flower has ...

These three plants are in the family Solanaceae which happens to be the family of tomato, pepper and garden egg, all of which are major condiments for soup. Solanum macrocarpon (igbagba in Yoruba) is ...