In a number of crops including pepper, male sterile lines are used for cost effective hybrid seed production. Both genic male sterility (GMS) and cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) are used in pepper.
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Progress on Male Sterility Research in Pepper (Capsicum annuum) at World Vegetable Center
Author
Lin, S-W (World Vegetable Center) Lin, C-Y (World Vegetable Center) Wang, Y-W (World Vegetable Center) Schafleitner, R (World Vegetable Center) Barchenger, DW (World Vegetable Center) Kumar, S (World Vegetable Center) Naresh, P (Central Horticultural Experiment Station (ICAR-IIHR))