Dow Agrosciences LLC

Corteva Agriscience LLC

Sushmitha Paulraj

Bruce Allen Nagel

Ruihua Ren

Yanxin Star Gao

Jafar Mammadov

Ryan Gibson

Tyler Mansfield

Liang Ye

Siva Prasad Kumpatla

Steven Arnold Thompson

Steven A Thompson

Siva P Kumpatla

A newly identified protein that is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence associated with cytoplasmic male sterility restorer activity (Rf3) is described. The cytoplasmic male sterility restorer gene can be inserted through breeding introgression into plant genomes to restore cytoplasmic male sterility in plants. Further applications of the newly identified polynucleotide sequence associated with cytoplasmic male sterility restorer activity include a mutation (rf3) which results in cytoplasmic male sterility. The cytoplasmic male sterility restorer gene can be inserted through breeding introgression into plant genomes to result in cytoplasmic male sterility in plants. Methods for detecting the cytoplasmic male sterility restorer (Rf3) and the cytoplasmic male sterility (rf3) gene sequences are further described.

Maize cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) S-type restorer gene Rf3

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Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sushmitha Paulraj