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

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

3  Indo-Burma region  India  China  Egypt

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6  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.

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8  China 58%  India 25%  Egypt  Iran  Turkey

9  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

10 Wide variety of vitamins and mineral Medicinal Uses Phytochemicals

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

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

13 Grafting Breeding Genetic Modification

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

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16 Grown as ornamentalsChristmas ornament

17 Tacuinum Sanitatis 1400

18 Thai curryIndian stuffed eggplant

19 Eggplant parmEggplant sandwhich

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