Broccoli does not use male sterility in breeding programs, but relies instead on self-incompatibility genetics, where a plant can not pollinate itself because it rejects its own pollen. Think of organ donor genetics in reverse.. the idea is that if plants are all the same genotype, they can not mate with each other.. Male sterility in plants is often cytoplasmically based and maternally inherited. Male sterile plants produce no functional pollen, but do produce viable eggs. Cytoplasmic male sterility is used in agriculture to facilitate the production of hybrid seed. Hybrid seed is produced from a cross between two genetically different lines; such seeds usually result in larger, more vigorous plants. Male sterility has meanwhile been identified in over 150 plant species. Today, two natural sources of male sterility present in the genetic diversity are mainly used by breeders in their breeding programs: Either male sterility is controlled by genes of the nucleus (Genic Male Sterility) or by genes of the cytoplasm Everything you need to know about self-incompatibility and male sterility in plants ! Q. 1. What is self incompatibility? Ans. The inability of a plant with functional pollen to set seeds when self pollinated is called self incompatibility. male sterility 1. male sterility in crop plant and their commercial exploitation department of genetics and plant breeding sam higginbottom institute of agriculture, technology & sciences (deemed to be university) allahabad - 211007 mail id- mail2devhingra@gmail.com dev hingra Utilization of male Sterility Male sterility has important application in the development of hybrids in plant breeding. All three types of male sterility are used in crop improvement programmes . GMS can be used for the development of commercial hybrids in both seed propagated and vegetatively propagated crop plants. Male sterility and types of male sterility. Introduction Page. Genetic male sterility Page. Methods used in plant breeding: Micro propogation Page. Somaclonal variation Page. Protoplast culture Page. Download PDF format. Topic 31. Acknowledgement Page. Skip Navigation. Navigation. Home Sally Mackenzie, in Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture, 2012. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Systems in Agriculture. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is the maternally inherited inability of a plant to produce or shed viable pollen. CMS is conditioned by gain-of-function mitochondrial genome mutations, giving rise to novel mitochondrial proteins and facilitating the use of CMS in hybrid crop seed Partial male sterility, characterized by varying proportions of normal pollen, occurred in breeding material of two lines. It appears possible to select lines with only 10 to 20% normal pollen and that such lines can be maintained easily. male sterility and fertility restoration Patrick S. Schnable and Roger P. Wise Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited condition in which a plant is unable to produce functional pollen. It occurs in many plant species and is often associated with chimeric mitochondrial open reading frames. In a number of cases, transcripts Chemically induced male sterility, a new tool in plant breeding? Chemically induced male sterility, a new tool in plant breeding? Construction of a male sterility system for hybrid rice breeding and seed production using a nuclear male sterility gene Zhenyi Chang a,1, Zhufeng Chen , Na Wanga,1, Gang Xie a, Jiawei