Abstract
Abstract Non‐pungent bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) lacks the cytoplasmic male sterility ( CMS ) nuclear restorer allele, Rf , and CMS cannot be employed in its F 1 hybrid seed production. To demonstrate that the genic male sterility ( GMS ) system in non‐pungent bell pepper can be converted to the CMS male sterility system, the conversion of GMS to CMS for non‐pungent bell pepper line GC 3 was conducted by introgression of S‐type cytoplasm and the Rf allele from tropical pungent donors. After morphological traits were evaluated, two lines from BC 1 F 1 containing S‐type cytoplasm and four lines from BC 2 F 2 containing Rf allele, phenotypically similar to GC 3, were obtained and could be employed as CMS male sterile lines and restorer lines for non‐pungent bell pepper. Four molecular markers potentially linked to traits of interest were also evaluated in BC 1 F 1 and BC 1 F 2 populations. This is the first time that GMS has been successfully converted to CMS in bell pepper, a significant contribution for bell pepper hybrid seed production.
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Two S-type cytoplasm lines resembling GC 3 were obtained.
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e0“two lines from BC 1 F 1 containing S‐type cytoplasm and four lines from BC 2 F 2 containing Rf allele, phenotypically similar to GC 3, were obtained”
t0“bell pepper”
Claim · model-written summary
Four Rf-bearing lines resembling GC 3 were obtained.
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e0“four lines from BC 2 F 2 containing Rf allele, phenotypically similar to GC 3, were obtained”
t0“bell pepper”
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GMS was successfully converted to CMS in bell pepper.
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e0“GMS has been successfully converted to CMS in bell pepper”