The invention provides a method for preserving a segregation
population or distant hybirdization progeny of an eggplant through stem microcuttage. The method comprises the following main steps: selecting a proper eggplant stem and carrying out sterilization; then carrying out cuttage on a
bud mitogenetic medium, wherein buds successively grow out from leaf axil in 7 to 10 d; when the buds grow to 1 to 2 cm high,
cutting the buds from positions near bases and sterilizing the
cut buds; then transferring and inoculating the sterilized buds onto a subculture medium for culture; when the buds grow to 3 to 4 cm high, transferring the buds to a rooting medium for culture, wherein robust roots grow in 10 to 15 d and new eggplant seedlings are formed; and subjecting the new eggplant seedlings to
domestication for a certain period of time and then planting the seedlings in a field, wherein the
survival rate of the seedlings is 95 to 100%. If an F2
population is to be preserved for a long time, it only needs unintermittent transferring and
inoculation onto the subculture medium once every 30 d. Compared with conventional cuttage and common
tissue culture, the method provided by the invention has the following advantages: the method integrates the advantages of conventional cuttage and common
tissue culture, i.e., short culture time, a small occupied
land area, no invasion by
insect diseases, easily controllable ambient conditions, convenience in management, and good stability and small possibility of variation due to generation of buds from stems. Thus, the method has critical application values in genetic and breeding research.