The document discusses the development and use of different mapping populations in brinjal (eggplant) breeding. It describes various mapping populations including F2, F2:3, backcross populations, doubled haploids (DHs), and recombinant inbred lines (RILs). It provides details on their properties, advantages, disadvantages and applications for gene mapping and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis. Examples of studies using F2 and backcross populations for mapping parthenocarpy and Fusarium resistance QTLs in eggplant are also summarized.