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Molecular Mechanisms of Male Sterility in Maize
Maize ( Zea mays ) represents one of the most successful uses of heterosis among crops. Hybrid maize seeds can be produced by crossing a male-sterile...
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Male sterility and hybrid breeding in soybean
Hybrid breeding can help us to meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population with limited agricultural land. The demand for soybean is...
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An epi-allele of SMS causes Sanming dominant genic male sterility in rice
Male sterility is an important trait in rice for hybrid rice ( Oryza sativa ) breeding. However, the factors involved in dominant male sterility are...
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Plant Male Sterility Systems for Accelerating Crop Improvement
This book covers all aspects of hybrid breeding technologies applied for crop improvement in major field crops. The different male sterility systems...
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Species of Nicotiana as the Sources of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility for Cultivated Tobacco
In tobacco, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is the most extensively studied and practically exploited aspect of extrachromosomal inheritance. It...
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Male and Female Sterility in Flowering Plants
Most flowering plants have perfect flowers with an androecium and gynoecium that produce microgametophytes and megagametophytes, respectively....
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Male sterility in plants: an overview of advancements from natural CMS to genetically manipulated systems for hybrid seed production
Key messageThe male sterility system in plants has traditionally been utilized for hybrid seed production. In last three decades, genetic...
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Rapid generation of a tomato male sterility system and its feasible application in hybrid seed production
Key messageA practical approach for the rapid generation and feasible application of green hypocotyl male-sterile (GHMS) tm6 dfr lines in tomato...
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Identification of male sterility-related genes in Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum
Key messageCandidate male sterility genes were identified in sugarcane, which interacts with kinase-related proteins, transcription factors, and...
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Induce male sterility by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mitochondrial genome editing in tobacco
Genome editing has become more and more popular in animal and plant systems following the emergence of CRISPR/Cas9 technology. However, target...
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The Dark Side of the pollen: BSA-seq identified genomic regions linked to male sterility in globe artichoke
Globe artichoke ( Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus ; 2n = 2x = 34) is a food crop consumed for its immature flower heads. Traditionally, globe...
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Identification and validation of major-effect quantitative trait locus QMS-5B associated with male sterility in photo-thermo-sensitive genic male sterile wheat
Key MessageQMS-5B , a major QTL for photo-thermo-sensitive genic male sterility in wheat, was fine mapped in a 2.15 Mb region harboring a...
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Different mechanisms of X-ray irradiation-induced male and female sterility in Aedes aegypti
BackgroundAedes aegypti ( Ae. aegypti ) is the major vector that transmits many diseases including dengue, Zika, and filariasis in tropical and...
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Potential candidate genes and pathways related to cytoplasmic male sterility in Dianthus spiculifolius as revealed by transcriptome analysis
Key messageWe introduced the candidate gene DsHSP70 into Arabidopsis thaliana , resulting in male gametophyte sterility and abnormal degeneration of...
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Sorghum Improvement: Male Sterility and Hybrid Breeding Approaches
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is the fifth among the world’s most important crops, mostly grown in arid and semiarid regions of the world. In sorghum,...
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Changes in m6A RNA methylation are associated with male sterility in wolfberry
BackgroundN 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A) modification is the most abundant type of RNA modification in eukaryotic cells, playing pivotal roles in multiple...
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Male sterility systems and their applications in hybrid wheat breeding
To ensure food security for ~ 10 billion human population in 2050 a sustainable increase in food production is indispensable. Wheat is the third most...
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Male Sterility in Maize: Retrospect, Status and Challenges
Male sterility in crops can be defined as failure in the production of functional pollens resulting from impairments in microsporogenesis process....
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Advances in Male Sterility Systems and Hybrid Breeding in Rice
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important staple crop for a large portion of the world’s population. Male sterility trait leads to formation of...
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Lateral metabolome study reveals the molecular mechanism of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in Chinese cabbage
BackgroundChinese cabbage is one of the most widely grown leafy vegetables in China. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait...
