METHODS AND GENETIC SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCING MALE STERILE PLANTS, AND PLANTS GENETICALLY MODIFIED TO ALTER ANTHER DEVELOPMENT

摘要

The invention relates to methods and genetic sequences to produce male sterileplants. More particularly the present invention provides a genetic sequenceencoding for a hydroxyjasmonic acid sulfotransferase and methods for producingtransgenic plants using such a sequence. Furthermore, the present inventionprovides methods to rescue the male sterile phenotype observed in transgenicplants overexpressing the hydroxyjasmonate sulfotransferase and in plantsdeficient in jasmonic acid biosynthesis by the application of 12-hydroxyjasmonicacid.