Morphological characterization of prickle in eggplant. (IMAGE)

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

Morphological characterization of prickle in eggplant.

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Morphological characterization of prickle in eggplant. a–h Phenotype comparison between two parental lines in different tissues: stems (a, b), leaves (c, d), flowers (e, f), and fruits (g, h) from the prickly eggplant ‘PI 381159’ and the prickleless eggplant ‘XQ23’, respectively. Black bars represent scales of 1 cm. i Scanning electron micrographs of longitudinally sliced prickles. j Magnified representation of the section highlighted by the white square in graph, illustrating the junction between the prickle and the stem epidermis. Black bars represent scales of 1 mm (i, j).

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Horticulture Research

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