Eggplant is one of the most important vegetables
worldwide. In 2009, 35,326,379 t were produced and
1,974,920 ha were harvested (FAOSTAT 2010). This
places eggplant in the sixth and seventh place in the
rank of vegetable crops in terms of production and area
harvested, respectively. Despite of its relevance,
advances in the understanding of eggplant androgenesis
still seem insufficient. Eggplant is already
considered a recalcitrant species, since it has been
possible to obtain DHs in some cases, but the
efficiency is still moderate and the number of inducible
cultivars still insufficient. With respect to the three
factors above mentioned, after 40 years of research on
the response of eggplant to androgenesis induction,
several media compositions and inductive treatments
have been used to produce DHs through anther culture
in different eggplant F1 hybrids and cultivars under
different experimental conditions (Alpsoy and Seniz