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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 2081-2098.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0759

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Research Progress of Tomato Male Sterility and Its Breeding Application

ZHOU Ming1, HAN Chenxu1,2, YUAN Guoliang1, FAN Xiaoqing1, AI Pengfei2,*(), and LI Changbao1,*()   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Vegetable BiobreedingNational Engineering Research Center for Vegetables/Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops(North China),Beijing Institute of Vegetable Science, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Beijing 100097, China
    2 School of Food Science and BiologyHebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
  • Received:2025-04-13 Revised:2025-06-22 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-08-19
  • Contact: AI Pengfei, and LI Changbao

Abstract:

Tomato(Solanum lycopersicum)is one strictly self-pollinating crop,and its hybrid seed production requires artificial emasculation and pollination. With the increase in labor cost,male sterility based hybrid breeding system has become a promising technology. In recent years,with the advances in omics and molecular biotechnology,research on tomato male sterility has made rapid progress. This article reviewed the research progress on tomato male sterility and its breeding applications. The related studies on tomato male sterility mutants,male sterility genes,and male sterility regulation mechanisms were summarized. Moreover,the creation strategies and evaluation method of male sterile lines,male sterility propagation strategies,as well as elimination-free strategies were outlined. This article provided a reference for further research on tomato male sterility in the future.

Key words: tomato, male sterility, molecular mechanism, hybrid breeding application