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Aubergines are cultivated worldwide and are an important part of African, Asian and Mediterranean cuisine. The GAFL research unit conserves a highly diverse collection of aubergines, rich in under-exploited phenotypes. Aubergine rootstocks are also used in both aubergine and tomato production.

In this project, we will define an aubergine core collection (around 150 accessions) in order to evaluate phenotypic diversity related to biomass and root architectural traits. In collaboration with the AgroEcoSystèmes department, we will also evaluate the link with fruit quality and concentrations of metallic trace elements and minerals. At the end of the project, we will carry out genome wide association analysis for the different phenotypes by using genotyping data from the European G2P-SOL project to identify regions of the genome controlling the traits and the correlations between them.