Polyploidy induction is an important tool in plant breeding, but usually results in low efficiency and high rates of mixoploid and aneuploid plants. Synthetic polyploids can be obtained by the exposure to antimitotic agents, which interfere with the spindle formation during cell division. Colchicine is the most widely used antimitotic in polyploidy induction studies. However, the underlying mechanisms of its action on cells are not completely clear. Solanum melongena L. (eggplant) has a great in vitro regeneration capacity, an interesting feature to the development of basic and biotechnological studies. This work aimed to use eggplant as a model to study the process of chromosome doubling in plants. Cytogenetic techniques, flow cytometry ...