This map illustrates the approximate central growing locations and agricultural uses of 22 indigenous crops included in the Solanum pan-genome. Credit: Lippman lab/CSHL These images highlight the ...
Tubers form below and laterally from the main stem. The scientific name of the white potato, Solanum tuberosum, identifies ...
Invasive bugweed are spreading rapidly in Melville and the Koppies, threatening local biodiversity, however Wendy Carstens ...
A compilation of genomes from species in the genus Solanum could help scientists to blend the best aspects of productive staple crops and genetically diverse but under-studied indigenous crops.
The butterfly is found only in northwest Puerto Rico and was hit hard by recent hurricanes. The Marrón bacora (Solanum conocarpum) is found only on St. John’s, Virgin Islands, and is also threatened ...
As part of a landmark study, African eggplant crops (inset) cultivated from a field in Mukono, Uganda (left) underwent trait analysis at Uplands Farm in Cold Spring Harbor, NY (right). About 75 pe ...
My particular focus of research is the taxonomy of the nightshade family Solanaceae, focusing on the megadiverse genus Solanum, which contains potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants and is one of only a ...
More information: Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering, Nature (2025). DOI: ...