Morphological variability among Nigerian eggplants (Solanum l.) and their wild relatives

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dc.contributor.authorSifau, M. O.
dc.contributor.authorAdekoya, K. O.
dc.contributor.authorOgunkanmi, L. A.
dc.contributor.authorOboh, B. O.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T16:13:33Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T16:13:33Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractSolanum L., is the largest genus of the family Solanaceae with over 2,000 species. Considering their worldwide distribution, a remarkably high level of morphological diversity has manifested at the species, the cultivar and the generic levels. This coupled with the crossability affinities between S. melongena and other distantly related Solanum species producing fertile F1 hybrids makes classification much more complicated. This extreme diversity of the species of Solanum has been attributed to its great antiquity, as well as its extraordinary rate of speciation. This study explored and determined the levels of both inter and intra genetic relationships as well as variability among vegetable Solanum and wild related species collected from Southern Nigeria. Forty nine samples representing 12 different species of vegetable Solanum and related species were randomly collected and studied. Data obtained from measurement of thirty seven quantitative and qualitative phenotypic characters were analyzed. Analysis of these traits showed samples occurring in 11 major clusters while 2 samples remained ungrouped at a truncated line of 51%. The correlation coefficient 0.75 for the highest similarity between genotypes and the least 0.34 displayed a good separation from a conserved region of the genome. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) also revealed that fruit characters were important agronomic marker traits with a cumulative total variation of 67.96%. These characters most effectively discriminated among samples and hence are useful in establishing a simple but effective vegetable Solanum classification system in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSifau, M. O., Adekoya, K. O., Ogunkanmi, L. A., Oboh, B. O. and Ogundipe, O. T. (2018). Morphological variability among Nigerian eggplants (Solanum l.) and their wild relatives.FUW Trends in Science & Technology Journal 3(2A): 507 – 512en_US
dc.identifier.issn2408-5162
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5278
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFederal University Wukari Taraba State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectSolanumen_US
dc.subjectphenotypicen_US
dc.subjectspeciationen_US
dc.subjectvariabilityen_US
dc.subjectPCAen_US
dc.subjectcrossabilityen_US
dc.titleMorphological variability among Nigerian eggplants (Solanum l.) and their wild relativesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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