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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (18): 70-75.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15110120

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Advances in Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Plant

Fan Yanjun1, Wang Yu2, Liu Qiyuan2, Zhou Qingming3, Zhou Wei1,4   

  1. (1Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128; 2Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045; 3College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128;4Hunan Provincial Engineering & Technology Research Center for Biopesticide and Formulation Processing, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128)
  • Received:2015-11-23 Revised:2016-01-18 Accepted:2016-02-22 Online:2016-06-28 Published:2016-06-28

Abstract: Cytoplasmic male sterility in plant is extremely significant to the production practice and the theory research. We briefly described the concept of plant male sterility, morphology, cytology and male sterile types. Then, we summarized the research advances in exploring the formation mechanism of plant cytoplasmic male sterility from the cytological studies (the abortive period and way, the tapetum development and the ultrastructure change), the physiological & biochemical research (the energy metabolism, the substance metabolism and the plant hormone) and the molecular research (the mitochondrial DNA, the RNA editing and the chloroplast DNA) in this paper. The work would provide a basis for further theoretical research and guide agricultural production services. We proposed that the existing research results integrated with high-throughput data analysis would further improve plant cytoplasmic male sterility research.

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