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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2005, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (10): 25-25.

Special Issue: 生物技术 农业工程

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The Application of Gene Engineering on Creating Male Sterility in Plants

Yang Zeliang, Dang XuanMin , Cao Zhenmu, Hu Kailin   

  • Online:2005-10-05 Published:2005-10-05

Abstract: Genetic engineering is a new way of creating male sterility in plants. Based on principle of pollen abortion, utilizing tapetum of anther cell, mitochondria of tapetum, callose well, process of cell meiosis during formation process of pollen, we adopt genetic transformation to create plant male sterility, such as, exogenous cytotoxin gene, chaperones, anti-sense RNA, degradation of callose ahead of time, disturbing information intercommunion between mitochondria and nucleolus and affected development of pollen sporule by bacteria. The paper also brought forward some potential disadvantages and application prospect on application of gene engineering on creating male sterility in plants.