POLYPLOIDIZATION OF INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS TO CREATE ROOTSTOCKS FOR EGGPLANT AND PEPPER

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present disclosure relates to eggplant and pepper allotetraploid plants and hybrid allopolyploid plants having desirable traits, such as resistance to an abiotic or biotic stressor, which may be used as rootstock for cultivated varieties. The disclosure further relates to composite eggplants and pepper plants comprising the allopolyploid plants described herein as the rootstock. The disclosure further relates to methods of producing eggplant and pepper allopolyploid plants and hybrid allopolyploid plants.