Studies on seed protein profiling in wild brinjal (Solanum gilo Raddi) genotypes of Northeast India

Abstract

North eastern region of India exhibits wide variability in fruit morphology, bearing habit and crop duration of brinjal. In the present study, fifteen wild brinjal (Solanum gilo Raddi) genotypes from different areas of North eastern hill were collected and estimation of protein was done in seeds of fifteen genotypes of wild brinjal. The analysis showed considerable variation in banding pattern of total protein which ranged from 18-38 numbers of band. The genotype CHFG-13 was most distantly related to CHFG-14. Hence, it was recommended that genotype CHFG-13 and CHFG-14 could be utilised for crossing programme to create more genetic diversity or segregants of desired characteristics through brinjal breeding programmes. Hence, overview of diversity of wild brinjal (Solanum gilo Raddi) genotypes from north eastern hill region of India paves the way for conservation and utilization of genotypes and contributes to the development of systematic breeding programme.