Nightshade Tomato Potato Belladonna Perennial Nicotine Medicinal Nutrition

� Nightshade � Tomato � Potato � Belladonna � Perennial � Nicotine � Medicinal � Nutrition (third most popular)

� Indo-Burma � India � China � Egypt region

� Thai eggplant is used medicinally to treat bronchitis, asthma, fever, lumbago, piles, thirst, urinary and heart disease. This vegetable is an excellent source of fiber.

� China 58% � India 25% � Egypt � Iran � Turkey

� Eggplant consumption has doubled since 1990 � Widely grown specialty vegetable � 98 % of eggplant grown in the US is for the fresh market � 2011 -42. 5 million � Georgia � Florida � California � New Jersey � New York

Wide variety of vitamins and mineral Medicinal Uses Phytochemicals

Fruit and shoot borers (FSB) Colorado Potato Beetle Flea Beetles Eggplant Lace Bug Two Spotted Spider Mite Beetle Larvae Spider mites Thrips

Damping-Off Foamy Canker of Eggplant Mosaic Diseases Caused by Potyviruses Root rots Tobacco Mosaic Tobamoviruses Tomato Spotted Wilt

Grafting Breeding Genetic Modification

� MAHYCO- Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company � FSB-50% Reduces yields � GMO-30 -45% yield increase � Yearly Benefits 65 Million � USAID � Cornell University

Grown as ornamentals Christmas ornament

Tacuinum Sanitatis 1400

Thai curry Indian stuffed eggplant

Eggplant parm Eggplant sandwhich