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Engineered male sterility in plants
C Mariani1, R B Goldberg, J Leemans
1Plant Genetic Systems NV, Gent, Belgium.
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
We constructed two chimaeric ribonuclease genes that are specifically expressed in anthers of tobacco and rapeseed plants. The expression of these genes affects the production of functional and viable pollen yielding plants that are male sterile. This dominant gene for nuclear male sterility should facilitate the production of hybrid seed in various crops.