Mechanisms of Genic Male Sterility
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The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.
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The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.
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1902–present
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- Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
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For normal sexual reproductive development, coordination must occur between both male and female organ ontogeny. An abnormality at any point in this process may lead to sterility. Classification of sterility can be divided into heritable and nonheritable sterility. Numerous schemes for mechanisms controlled by nuclear genes (genic male sterility) have been devised to identify the timing and location of the inception of sterility. These schemes are divided into structural (gross organ changes) and functional. The latter may be divided into abnormal changes occurring in the male cells or surrounding anther tissues during microsporogenesis. Even though sterility can be produced by chemicals, ionizing radiation, genetic engineering, etc., the primary examples presented here will be of naturally occurring systems. The objectives of this paper are to review heritable genic male sterility, give examples of naturally occurring genic male sterility systems, and identify their uses and proposed applications in plant breeding.
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This article is from Crop Science 35 (1995): 1527, doi: 10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183X003500060002x.