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The black nightshades (Solanum section Solanum) of the Indian subcontinent

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None of the members of section Solanum appears to be a weed of significant agronomic importance in this area, except in a few localized areas.
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This article is published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.The article was published on 1990-03-01. It has received 25 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solanum villosum & Solanum.

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Chemotaxonomic value of alkaloids in Solanum nigrum complex

TL;DR: Several glycoalkaloids and their aglycones were analysed that were shown to be a valuable tool to resolve the international taxonomic controversy based on morphological characters and demonstrated significant distances among S. nigrum complex.
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A revision of the Old World Black Nightshades (Morelloid clade of Solanum L., Solanaceae)

TL;DR: This is the first taxonomic overview since the 19th century of the entire group in the Old World, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and islands of the Pacific, with complete synonymy, morphological descriptions, distribution maps and common names and uses for all 19 species occurring outside the Americas.
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Taxonomic Identification and Characterization of African Nightshades ( Solanum L. Section Solanum )

TL;DR: Most of the section Solanum species were distinguishable and easily identified, but the exception was S. florulentum and S. tarderemotum which were identified tentatively and assigned respective names, but are difficult to differentiate and require further studies.
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Differential Fluorescent Chromosome Banding of Solanum nigrum L. and Solanum villosum L. from Bangladesh

TL;DR: The overall karyotypic features suggested S. villosum as an ancient auto-tetraploid of S. americanum which in course of time has started regular meiosis.
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Differences in essential oil content of berries and leaves of Solanum sarrachoides (Solanaceae) and the effects on oviposition of the tomato spider mite (Tetranychus evansi)

TL;DR: Essential oils from leaves and berries of Solanum sarrachoides and their monoterpene constituents play a role in regulating oviposition in T. evansi and compared favorably with the two positive controls.
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Infraspecific variation ofSolanum nigrum L. andS. villosum Miller, important crop weeds in Israel

R. Karschon, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1985 - 
TL;DR: Major distinctive characters of the species and subspecies are the type of indumentum, shape of calyx lobes, and color of leaves and ripe fruits.
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