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| Open AccessDeficiency of a triterpene pathway results in humidity-sensitive genic male sterility in rice
In flowering plants, the pollen coat surrounds the male germ cells and protects against dehydration, damage and pathogen attack. Here, the authors show that a deficiency in terpenoid synthesis results in rice pollen over-dehydration and leads to a humidity-sensitive conditional male sterile phenotype.
- Zheyong Xue
- , Xia Xu
- & Xiaoquan Qi