TaEXPB5 is responsible for male fertility in thermo-sensitive male-sterility wheat with Aegilops kotschyi cytoplasm
Xingxia Geng, Xiaoxia Wang, Jingchen Wang, Xuetong Yang, Lingli Zhang, Xiyue Song
The paper identifies TaEXPB5 as a gene essential for male fertility in thermo-sensitive cytoplasmic male-sterility wheat, showing that its silencing leads to pollen abortion and fertility loss.
bioRxiv · Dec 24, 2021 · PreprintMolecular Biology