Key message A comprehensive understanding of CMS/Rf system enabled by modern omics
tools and technologies considerably improves our ability to harness hybrid technology for …

Hybrid wheat varieties give higher yields than conventional lines but are difficult to produce
due to a lack of effective control of male fertility in breeding lines. One promising system …

Hybrid varieties can provide the boost needed to increase stagnant wheat yields through
heterosis. The lack of an efficient hybridization system, which can lower the cost of goods of …

Fertility restoration of Peterson's cytoplasmic male-sterility in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
is quantitative and environment-dependent. QTL analysis of fertility restoration was …

A study on mode of inheritance and mapping of fertility restorer (Rf) gene (s) using simple
sequence repeat (SSR) markers was conducted in a cross of male sterile line 2041A having …

Key message Restoration of fertility in the cytoplasmic male sterility-inducing Triticum
timopheevii cytoplasm can be achieved with the major restorer locus Rf3 located on …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a self-pollinating crop whose hybrids offer the potential to
provide a major boost in yield. Male sterility induced by the cytoplasm of Triticum timopheevii …

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) results from incompatibility between nuclear and
cytoplasmic genomes, and is characterized by the inability to produce viable pollen. The …

Male sterility induced by the cytoplasm of Triticum timopheevii Zhuk. has shown potential for
hybrid seed production in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). As hybrids produced by this …

DNA methylation plays an important role in gene expression regulation during biological
development in plants. To explore the mechanism of chemically induced male sterility …