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Digenic nature of male sterility in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

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A cross was made between two nearly isogenic lines differing for male sterility genes, viz. ms1ms1Ms2Ms2 s Ms1Ms1Ms2ms2. F1 plants yielded F2 populations which segregated either in 3:1 or 9:7 ratios of fertile vs male sterile individuals. Test crosses between male sterile and male fertile sibs in the 9:7 segregating populations provided a few lines in which most of the progenies were male sterile. A 3:1 ratio model of male steriles vs fertiles is suggested and the value of the system is discussed.

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Contribution A.R.O. Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50 250, Israel No. 3703-E, 1992 series.

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Shifriss, C., Pilovsky, M. Digenic nature of male sterility in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Euphytica 67, 111–112 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022733

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