**8. Conclusion and future direction**

As the sequencing technologies are advancing at a rapid rate, enormous genomic information is being generated for Solanaceae crop plants. The question at present is how to utilize this enormous NGS-generated information for Solanaceae translational research. The large-scale phenotyping and transcriptome and whole genome resequencing of diverse genotypes from each species and their correlation will help in the identification of genetic region and eventually of candidate genes in the genomes. The integration of classical genetics, QTL mapping, and whole genome and transcriptome sequencing would be helpful in accelerating the Solanaceae translational research. Consideration of noncoding RNAs and epigenetics mechanism while designing breeding strategies would expedite the manipulation of mechanisms underlying various developmental aspects of plant biology in Solanaceae. Furthermore, the use of NGS technology provides an opportunity to investigate and understand the structure and evolution of complex Solanaceae genomes.
