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Inheritance of spontaneous male sterility in pigeonpea

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 A male-sterile plant was observed in the UPAS-120 cultivar of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). The plant was about 5–7 days late-flowering and had white translucent anthers with complete pollen sterility. The inheritance of this spontaneous male sterility was studied in a cross involving the mutant and fertile UPAS-120, including their F1, F2, BC1F1 and BC2F1 generations. The results suggested that the male sterility was genetic and due to a recessive gene.

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  1. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, India , , , , , , IN

    S. B. Verulkar & D. P. Singh

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Received: 12 November 1996/Accepted: 17 January 1997

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Verulkar, S., Singh, D. Inheritance of spontaneous male sterility in pigeonpea. Theor Appl Genet 94, 1102–1103 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050522

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