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Genetically Modified
Parthenocarpic Eggplants:
improved Fruit Productivity
open Field cultivation
Nazzareno Acciarri, Federico Restaino, Gabriele Vitelli,
Domenico Perrone, Michela Zottini, Tiziana Pandolfini,
Angelo Spena and Giuseppe Leonardo Rotino
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Background
Parthenocarpy, or fruit development in the absence of fertilization, has been
genetically engineered in eggplant and in other horticultural species by us-
ing the DefH9-iaaM gene. The iaaM gene codes for tryptophan monoxyge-
nase and confers auxin synthesis, while the DefH9 controlling regions drive
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