Table 4 Candidate genes studied affecting traits of importance in different Solanaceae. Traits and genes affecting inflorescence, fruit stripes, fruit shape, anthocyanins route, chlorogenic acid pathway, saponines pathway, and sucrose accumulation are included. More information the Candidate genes section of Material and Methods and in Additional file 8: Table S1

Inflorescence

Anantha

Gene - F-box protein

Compound inflorescence

Transcription factor

Fruit stripes

Fruit Stripes

Transcription factor

Fruit shape

FAS

Intron-regulatory

Fw2.2

Promoter-regulatory

Fw3

Promoter-regulatory

Tonneau

Gene - microtubule cytoskeleton organization

Wuschel (LC)

SNP in downstream-regulatory

OVATE

Premature stop

POS1

Intron-regulatory

SlCCS52A

Receptor activity

Sl-IAA17

Gene

SUN

Transposon insertion-regulatory

Wee

Gene - Kinase

Anthocyanins pathway

F3’5’H

Gene - Hydroxylase

Acyltransferase-like

Gene - Acyltransferase

5GT

Gene - Glucosyltransferase

ANS

Gene - Anthocyanidin synthase

DFR

Gene - Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase

F3H

Gene - Flavanone 3-hydroxylase

CHI

Gene - Chalcone isomerase

CHS2

Gene - Chalcone synthase

CHS3

Gene - Chalcone synthase

CHS1

Gene - Chalcone synthase

Acyltransferase-like

Gene - Acyltransferase

Chlorogenic acid pathway

4CL

Gene - 4-Coumarate-CoA ligase

C3H

Cytochrome P450

HTC

Gene - Transferase

HQT

Gene - Transferase

Saponines pathway

Egp#1–1

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Egp#1–4

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Ptt#1–53

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Ptt21

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sgt1-1

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Ptt#5–30

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sa#6–15

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sk#7–4

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sk#7–4

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sk#7–5

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

SaGT4A

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

SaGT4R

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

SaGT6

Gene - Glycosyltransferase

Sucrose accumulator

TIV1

Gene - Acid invertase