Nature Communications (Oct 2017)
Molecular identification of the wheat male fertility gene Ms1 and its prospects for hybrid breeding
- Elise J. Tucker,
- Ute Baumann,
- Allan Kouidri,
- Radoslaw Suchecki,
- Mathieu Baes,
- Melissa Garcia,
- Takashi Okada,
- Chongmei Dong,
- Yongzhong Wu,
- Ajay Sandhu,
- Manjit Singh,
- Peter Langridge,
- Petra Wolters,
- Marc C. Albertsen,
- A. Mark Cigan,
- Ryan Whitford
Affiliations
- Elise J. Tucker
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Ute Baumann
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Allan Kouidri
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Radoslaw Suchecki
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Mathieu Baes
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Melissa Garcia
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Takashi Okada
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Chongmei Dong
- Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney
- Yongzhong Wu
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Ajay Sandhu
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Manjit Singh
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Peter Langridge
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- Petra Wolters
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Marc C. Albertsen
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- A. Mark Cigan
- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Ryan Whitford
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00945-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Heterosis can rapidly boost yield in crop species but development of hybrid-breeding systems for bread wheat remains a challenge. Here, Tucker et al. describe the molecular identification of the wheat Ms1 gene and discuss its potential for large-scale hybrid seed production in wheat.
