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Mitochondrial transcript processing and restoration of male fertility in T-cytoplasm maize.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Wise R P, Gobelman-Werner K, Pei D, Dill C L, Schnable P S
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) systems have been useful in the production of hybrid seed in a number of crops. The Texas or T-cytoplasmic male-sterile (cms-T) system was used extensively in the 1960s to eliminate the need for hand detasseling in hybrid maize production. As a consequence of the 1970 epidemic of southern corn leaf blight, cms-T is no longer widely used commercially. However, it has been developed...
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