... and soil with minimal organic matter will also reduce yield. Pest such as the fruit and shoot borer (FSB) also destroy the eggplants, making it commercially non-viable. In fact, FSB account for 40% of eggplants loss each year in India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. Hence a desirable eggplant should have a high productivity, achieve early maturity and resistant to disease. Genetically Engineered Parthenocarpy Nazzareno Acciarri and his colleagues [2] genetically engineered eggplants using a technique called parthenocarpy. Parthenocarpy is a process that can occur naturally in some plants and has been recognised for at least 2000 years. Nazzareno Acciarri and his colleagues achieved high productivity and early maturity in eggplants by genetically engineered the DefH9-iaaM gene to the eggplants. By using parthenocarpy, eggplants are produced without fertilization and the resulting fruits are devoid of embryo and endosperm. This method reduces the dependency of pollination that could be prohibited by environmental condition ...

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