High β-carotene accumulation in transgenic eggplant fruits grown under artificial light.

ABSTRACT: Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) fruits are known to contain few carotenoids such as β-carotene, which are abundant in congener tomato fruits. In a previous study, we introduced a fruit-specific EEF48 gene promoter-driven crtB gene encoding phytoene synthase (PSY) of Erwinia uredovora into eggplant 'Senryo No. 2'. The transgenic plants grown in a greenhouse set fruits that accumulated β-carotene (∼1.67 µg g^-1FW) in the T₀ and T₁ generations. In the present study, we grew T₁ and T₂ generations of the transgenic eggplant plants in artificial climate chambers to investigate their fruit set and β-carotene accumulation. No clear difference in β-carotene accumulation was observed in the fruit of transgenic plants g

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500568 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature