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S. torvum<br />

S. americanum<br />

S. melongea<br />

S. villosum<br />

S. nigrum<br />

F1 plant fertile<br />

inviable seeds<br />

not crossable<br />

Figure 33 Genetic relationship among cultivated S. melongena and other species.<br />

Arrow heads point towards female parents.<br />

Therefore, the interspecfic hybridization among S. melongena and its wild<br />

relatives is applied to determine the genetic relationships. The degree of crossiblility<br />

is determined by the percentages of fruit setting and number of seed per fruit and<br />

confirmation of the interpecific hybrids were done by pollen fertility, ploidy levels<br />

determination and morphological characters. The result showes that S. torvum is more<br />

closely related to S. melongena than the other three species (S. americanum, S.<br />

villosum and S. nigrum) (Figure 33) because the cross between S. melongena and S.<br />

torvum was successful and hybrid plants were obtained through embryo rescue (Table<br />

13). Furtheremore, F1 hybrids showed low pollen fertilly and intermediate<br />

charateristics of morphology and ploidy levels when compared to their parents.<br />

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