Abstract:

This paper reviewed male sterility of Castanea mollissima from cytological research, the relationships between male sterility and physiological & biochemical factors, the relationships between programmed cell death (PCD) and short-catkin chestnut, and gene mapping and cloning, and so on. According to the present research situation, this paper put forward some questions exist in the field and research emphasis of male sterility of Castanea mollissima in the future.