Generation of thermosensitive male-sterile maize by targeted knockout of the ZmTMS5 gene

• 作 者: Jun Li Huawei Zhang Xiaomin Si Youhui Tian Kunling Chen Jinxing Liu Huabang Chen Caixia Gao
• 机 构: State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering,Institute of Genetics and Developmenta
• 出 处: Journal of Genetics and Genomics
• 发表日期: 2017年09期
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Maize(Zea mays L.)is one of the most important cereal crops,with a global production of 1.02 billion tons in 2013(Baldaufa et al.,2016).Heterosis is widely used to increase the productivity of maize,and the first commercial hybrid maize was introduced in the 1930s(Duvick,2001).The high-yield maize varieties used today are all hybrids,and the production of hybrid maize seed requires sterilization to prevent self-pollination.Conventional seed produc-

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important cereal crops, with a global production of 1.02 billion tons in 2013 (Baldaufa et al., 2016). Heterosis is widely used to increase the productivity of maize, and the first commercial Hybrid maize was introduced in the 1930s (Duvick, 2001). The high-yield maize varieties used today are all hybrids, and the production of hybrid maize seed requires sterilization to prevent self-pollination. Conventional seed produc-