Ethnobotanical characterization of scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) varieties cultivated in Benin (West Africa)

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationNational University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, Benin
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité d'Abomey-Calavi
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierPaterne AGRE: 0000-0003-1231-2530
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100173
cg.issn2666-1543
cg.journalJournal of Agriculture and Food Research
cg.number100173
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMY
cg.subject.iitaBIODIVERSITY
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDING
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTION
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.volume5
dc.contributor.authorAguessy, S.
dc.contributor.authorIdossou, R.
dc.contributor.authorDassou, A.G.
dc.contributor.authorLoko, Y.
dc.contributor.authorYelome, O.I.
dc.contributor.authorGbaguidi, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorAgre, A.P.
dc.contributor.authorDansi, A.
dc.contributor.authorAgbangla, C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T12:10:49Zen
dc.date.available2021-07-27T12:10:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114410
dc.titleEthnobotanical characterization of scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) varieties cultivated in Benin (West Africa)en
dcterms.abstractThe African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) is an important traditional vegetable cultivated in tropical regions for its edible fruits. In the Benin Republic, S. aethiopicum is mainly cultivated by rural farmers for food and for its use in traditional medicine. Assessing varietal diversity, endogenous knowledge, production constraints and farmers' preference criteria are of great importance for promotion and conservation purposes. Using rural appraisal tools and methods, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in 680 households across 92 villages. A total of 60 local cultivars were collected and documented in the surveyed sites. We documented 15 farmers’ criteria for agronomic (57.88% of responses), culinary (28.51%) preference, and for economic (13.61%) aspects. Several constraints related to eggplant production in Benin were also recorded. The low market demand (27% of responses), lack of high-yielding cultivars (11.08% of responses), low fruit storability (10.67%), low productivity (9.84%), soil poverty (8.43%), susceptibility to high soil moisture (8.02%), pests (9.56%), diseases (8.45%), and drought (6.38%) appeared to be the most important constraints of the eggplant production system in Benin. In addition to synthetic pesticides, the eggplant farmers use botanical plant extracts such as extracts from Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) and Hyptis suaveolens (Lamiaceae). It appears that eggplant production is still traditional and is of limited use in Benin. Finally, the currently collected germplasm was proposed for further evaluation using morphological and molecular markers to provide breeders with traits of interest for developing better eggplant varieties and hybrids that are suitable for local environmental conditions and production systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2021-06-12
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAguessy, S., Idossou, R., Dassou, A.G., Loko, Y., Yelome, O.I., Gbaguidi, A.A., ... & Agbangla, C. (2021). Ethnobotanical characterization of scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) varieties cultivated in Benin (West Africa). Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 5, 100173: 1-10.en
dcterms.extent1-10
dcterms.issued2021-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.subjecteggplantsen
dcterms.subjectsolanum aethiopicumen
dcterms.subjectproductionen
dcterms.subjectconstraintsen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.subjectdiversityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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