*7.1.2 Tomato* (Solanum lycopersicum L.) *and brinjal* (Solanum melongena L.)

Tomato crop has different types of male sterility identified, but presently commercial hybrid seed production in tomato and brinjal possible with manual emasculation and hand pollination and it is economically viable and dominates in the seed industry. Though, the availability of different sterility methods can be used to avoid selfing and optimise crossing resulted in reducing the cost of hybrid seed production [45].
